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Welcome, let us talk about what is share market. Why is it in place? How does it work? What are its advantages and disadvantages? And how you can invest money in it?
The stock market, share market or equity market are used interchangeably – all three mean the same. These are markets where you can buy or sell a company’s shares. (i.e. trade in shares) Buying shares of a company means buying some percentage of ownership of that company. That is, you become the holder of a percentage of that company.
If that company makes a profit, some percentage of that profit would also be given to you. If that company incurs a loss, a percentage of that loss would also be borne by you.
Telling you an example of this on the smallest scale, presume you have to establish a start-up. You have 10,000 rupees, but that’s not enough. So, you go to your friend and tell him to invest another 10,000 rupees and offer him a 50-50 partnership. So, whatever your company profits in the future, 50% of it would be yours. 50% of it would be of your friend. In this case, you’ve given 50% of the shares to your friend in this company Hope this illustrative example might have answered your question what is share market?
The same thing happens on a larger scale in the stock market. The only difference being, instead of going to your friend, you go to the entire world and invite them to buy shares in your company.
The stock exchange or share market is that place, that building where people buy and sell shares of the companies. BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange), NSE (National Stock Exchange) are the share markets in India. Wall Street, NYC is the USA’s biggest stock exchange and probably the world’s most influential financial hub.
The origin of share markets dates to around 400 years ago. Around the 1600s, there was a Dutch East India Company, like the British East India Company, There was a similar company in the country of Netherlands, today known as Dutch East India company
In those times, people used to indulge in a lot of exploration using ships. The entire world map had not yet been discovered. So the companies used to send their ships to discover new lands and trade with faraway places. The journey used to be of over thousands of kilo-meters aboard a ship.
There was a huge amount of money required for this. Not even one person possessed such amounts of money individually in those times. So, they publicly invited people to invest money in their ships. When these ships would travel long distances to go to other lands and come back with treasures from there. They were promised a share of these treasures/money eventually.
But this was a very risky affair. Because during those times, more than half of the ships failed to come back. They got lost, or broke down or got looted. Anything could happen to them. So investors realized the risky nature of this enterprise. So, instead of investing in a single ship, they preferred to invest in 5-6 of them. So that at least one of them had chances of coming back.
One ship used to approach multiple investors for money. So, this created somewhat of a share market. There were open biddings of the ships on their docks. Docks are the places where the ships come out from
Gradually, this system became successful because of the money crunch faced by the companies was supplemented by the common people. And the common people got a chance to earn more money.
You must have read in the history book about how rich the English East India Company and the Dutch East India company became during those times. Today, each country has its own stock exchange and every country has become greatly dependent upon the stock market
Primary Vs. Secondary
The stock exchange is that place, that building where people buy and sell shares of the companies. The market can be divided into two types: The primary market and the secondary market.
Primary markets are where the companies sell their shares. The companies decide what exactly would be their share prices. Although there are some regulations in this too, the companies cannot manoeuvre too much because a lot of it depends upon the demand & how much price people are willing to pay for the company’s shares.
When the shares are issued by a company directly to the public – this is termed as the IPO or Initial Public Offering by a company.
If the value of the company issues shares of 1 lakh rupees, it sells 1 lakh of its shares and offers shares at 1 RS per share. If its demand is high and a lot of people want to buy its shares, the company would obviously be able to sell its shares for a higher price.
What the companies do nowadays is decide upon a range. There’s a minimum price and a maximum price. They decide to sell their shares within that range. A point to be noted here is that every share of the company has an equal value. It is upon the company to decide how many of its shares it wants to issue.
If the company wants to raise 1 lakh, then it may issue 1 lakh shares of 1 RS each, Or it may make 2 lakh shares of 50 paise each. When companies sell their shares in the share market, it never sells 100% of them. The owner always retains the majority of the shares to keep possession of his decision making power.
If you sell all the shares, then all the buyers of the shares would become owners of the company. Since they all become owners, they all can make decisions regarding that company.
The individual who has more than 50% of the shares would be able to make decisions regarding the company. Therefore the founders of the company prefer to retain more than 50% of the shares
For example, 60% of the shares of Facebook are retained by Mark Zuckerberg.
The people who have bought shares of the company can sell it to the other people. This is called the Secondary Market where people buy and sell shares amongst themselves and trade in shares.
In the Primary Market, the companies set the prices of their shares. The companies cannot control the prices of their shares in the secondary market. The share prices fluctuate depending upon the demand and supply of the shares. So the prices of the shares fluctuate depending upon the demand and supply.
Almost every big country has its own stock exchange. There are two popular stock exchanges in India. One is the Bombay Stock Exchange which has around 5400 registered companies. The other is the National Stock Exchange that has 1700 registered companies.
There are many companies registered in the stock exchange. If we want to observe, overall, whether the prices of the shares of the companies are moving up or down,
How do we view this?
To measure this, some measurements have been put in place – Sensex and Nifty
Sensex & Nifty
The Sensex shows the average trend of the top thirty companies of the Bombay Stock Exchange averaging out, whether the shares of the companies are moving up or down
The full form of Sensex, the sensitivity index, displays the same. The number of Sensex, that it has reached 41,100 marks. The number itself means not a lot. The value of this number can be understood only upon comparison with the past numbers.
So, gradually, the Sensex has been rising and it has reached the 41,000 marks in the past 50 years. So this shows how far up have the share prices of these 30 companies gone in these past 50 years
There is another similar index- NIFTY – National + Fifty
Nifty shows the price fluctuations of the shares of the top 50 companies listed on the National Stock Exchange.
The Initial Public Offering (IPO)
If a company wants to sell its shares on the stock exchange, then this is termed as “public listing”. If a company is selling its shares for the first time, then it is called IPO – Initial Public Offering that is, offering the shares to the public for the first time.
Investor Protection and Scams
During the days of the East India Company, it was very easier to get this done. Anyone could sell the shares of their company to the public. But today, this procedure is very long and complicated because you know how easy it is to scam the people in country where there nothing but politics.
Anyone could get listed on the stock exchange with a fake company, and exaggerate the value and achievements of its company. They could lie to the people and the people would foolishly invest in his company. So it has become extremely easy to scam somebody
India in its history has been a witness to a lot of scams like these. Eg. Harshad Mehta scam. Satyam scam, they were all the same- fooling the people and getting themselves listed on the stock exchange collecting the money and then absconding.
So as and when these scams happened, the stock exchanges realized that they need to make their procedures stronger and scam proof. For this, the resolutions and rules were made stronger due to which there are very complicated rules today.
SEBI- Security And Exchange Board of India
SEBI- Security And Exchange Board of India is a regulatory body that looks into issues like which companies should be listed on the stock exchange and whether it is being done in the proper manner or not If you want to do this (i.e. get listed), then you would have to fulfil the norms of SEBI.
Their norms are very strict, for example, there need to be a lot of checks and balances on the accounting of your company; At least two auditors must have had checked your company’s accounting; This entire process may take around 3 years; More than 50 shareholders should be pre-present in the company if you want a company to be publicly listed.
When you go to sell their shares but there’s no demand for it amongst people then SEBI can remove your company from the stock market list
Now that you learned what is share market let us find out how can you invest money in the stock markets?
During the times of the East India Company, one could go to the docks where the ships departed from and indulge in biddings and buy and sell stocks.
Before the dawn of the internet, one had to physically go to the Bombay Stock Exchange building to do this.
However, with the internet in place you merely need three things-
A bank account, a trading account and a DEMAT account
A bank account because you would need your money.
A trading account, to allow you to trade and invest money in a company.
A DEMAT account to store the stocks that you buy in a digital form.
Most of the banks today have started offering a 3 in 1 account with all three accounts encompassed within your bank account.
People like us would be called retail investors, that is, common people who want to invest in the stock market. A retail investor always requires a broker. A broker is someone who brings together the buyer and seller.
For us, our brokers could be our banks, a third-party app or even a platform.
When we invest money through brokers in the stock market, a broker retains some money as his commission. This is called “brokerage rate”. Banks mostly charge a brokerage rate of around 1%. But 1% is a little high. That’s not how much it should be. If you look properly, you would discover platforms that charge a brokerage rate of around 0.05% or 0.1%
This brokerage rate is a disadvantage for those who want to indulge in a lot of trading of stocks. If a lot of stocks are bought and sold in a day, a lot of money would be siphoned off as brokerage fee. But if you want to invest for the long term, then a high brokerage rate wouldn’t make a lot of difference because you’d pay it only once.
Investing and trading are two different things.Tweet
Investing means putting in some amount of money in the stock market and letting it stay there for some time.
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Trading means quickly putting in money at different places and withdrawing from some places this all happens in quick succession In fact trading of shares is a job in itself. There are a lot of people in our country who are traders and do this job all day long taking out money from one share and putting it in another.
An important question that arises is whether you should invest money in the share markets?
A lot of people compare it with gambling because a lot of risks is involved in it. In my opinion, it is correct to say so because this is indeed some sort of gambling.
If you are not aware of the type of the company and its performance, the parameters of the company and its financial record if you don’t observe its history and accounting information then, in a way, this is akin to gambling. Because you would have no idea of how the company would perform in the future
You merely listen to people saying that the company is doing well and we should invest in it in the share market, so that’s why you invest in it. You should never do this because it is extremely risky.
And obviously, when there are people that do this job day in and day out, for examples the traders, who are experts in this field and have more knowledge about the stock market. They obviously would outperform the others because they have an idea of how this all works.
So, in my opinion, you should never directly invest in the share market and instead, rely on the experts.
A very competent form of it is mutual funds. Because in mutual funds you don’t directly decide which companies you would invest in.
In mutual funds, you place your trust in experts and let the experts decide which companies to invest in. Infact a lot of mutual funds invest in many different companies to minimise the chances of loss.
For instance I’ve given the example of the East India company.
Investors had quickly realised that they should not invest their money in one single ship
Investing money in 5-6 of them would ensure that atleast one of them came back
Mutual funds work the same way, investing money in many different places
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California-based Coast Citrus Distributors, a wholesaler of fruits and vegetables in the U.S. and Mexico since 1947, has completed a 432 kW rooftop solar system on its Union City, Calif., facility. Altogether, the company’s solar portfolio now totals 2.1 MW.
Coast Citrus also has 1.1 MW and 655 kW rooftop projects on its Los Angeles and San Diego facilities, respectively. Borrego Solar Systems developed, designed and built Coast Citrus’ projects. The systems are expected to generate approximately 4.1 million kWh of energy annually, which will significantly reduce Coast Citrus’ energy costs, says Borrego.
“After deciding to move forward with solar on our San Diego headquarters in 2015, we were convinced that it was the right economic decision for all of our facilities,” says Isabel Freeland, chief financial officer of Coast Citrus. “It simply makes sense for us, given our large warehouse buildings with open, flat roofs, the amount of energy we use, and the nature of utility rates in Southern California. Solar aligns with our aim to improving the value we provide for customers and being a more sustainable organization.”
Coast Citrus financed each of its solar projects with operational leases with Farmers and Merchant Bank. The leases enabled the company to go solar without paying any upfront costs and realize cost-savings as soon as the systems began operating.
“Coast Citrus’ facilities’ energy needs made solar an ideal choice for lowering its operational costs,” says Kyle Kearney, vice president of project development for Borrego Solar’s Western region. “Its use of ripening rooms, freezers, refrigerators and packing machinery use a lot of energy – making rising, volatile energy rates a risk factor for the growing company. With solar, Coast Citrus is able to reduce the amount of energy it needs to buy from the utility and minimizes its exposure to increasing energy costs while it continues to expand operations.”
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Alaattin Kaya is an Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in the Department of Biology. Alaattin is a geneticist and biochemist, interested in many aspects of biology of aging from the evolutionary and molecular genetics and biochemical perspectives. Genes and environmental factors that strongly interact to modulate observed aging patterns among different organisms has been one of his major interests. He hopes to advance understanding of the biology of aging and the fundamental relationship between genetic variation, metabolism and longevity phenotypes.
Samantha McLean: Master student, Biology
Samantha is interested in uncovering novel interacting partners of the target of rapamycin complex 1 (TOR1), associated with stress resistance and lifespan regulation. She is aiming that these new interacting proteins may offer new targets for therapeutic interventions in human diseases caused by perturbed TOR1 signaling.
Naci Oz: Ph.D. student, Integrative Life Sciences
Naci's research focus centered around (1) mechanisms by which cells decode alternative epigenetic information, when intracellular NAD is depleted, (2) identification of pathways regulating NAD homeostasis.
Charlotte Hartle: Research Technician, Biology Major
Charlotte attended VCU for her undergraduate degree in scientific illustration before returning to study biology. She is currently interested in identifying evolutionary conserved regulators of lifespan.
Morrigan McKernan: Sophomore, Biology Major
Morrigan is an undergraduate at VCU majoring in Biology and studying to go into medicine. She is interested in intricate connections between genomic instability and mitochondrial dysfunction in regulation of aging.
Lesly Turcios-Hernandez: Junior, Biology Major, UROP fellow
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Context matters: interpreting impact findings in child survival evaluations
HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING
Cornell University, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Makerere University, National University of San Marcos, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Universidade Federal do Ceara, University of Geneva, University of London, World Health Organization, Ifakara Hlth Res & Dev Ctr, Inst Salud Nino, London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Appropriate consideration of contextual factors is essential for ensuring internal and external validity of randomized and non-randomized evaluations. Contextual factors may confound the association between delivery of the intervention and its potential health impact. They may also modify the effect of the intervention or programme, thus affecting the generalizability of results. This is particularly true for large-scale health programmes, for which impact may vary substantially from one context to another. Understanding the nature and role of contextual factors may improve the validity of study results, as well as help predict programme impact across sites.
This paper describes the experience acquired in measuring and accounting for contextual factors in the Multi-Country Evaluation of the IMCI (Integrated Management of Childhood Illness) strategy in five countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Peru, Uganda and Tanzania. Two main types of contextual factors were identified. Implementation-related factors include the characteristics of the health systems where IMCI was implemented, such as utilization rates, basic skills of health workers, and availability of drugs, supervision and referral. Impact-related factors include baseline levels and patterns of child mortality and nutritional status, which affect the scope for programme impact.
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Washington Apple Pi Journal, March/April 1998, pp. 36-39, reprint information
Apple released an update to Mac OS 8 in January, creating a blizzard of commentary and speculation in magazines, news groups, bulletin boards and Web sites. Mac OS 8.1 (the official name for Mac OS 8 once the update is applied) offers many fixes and improvements to the operating system, but the most revolutionary change is HFS Plus.
HFS: The Old Way
Since roughly 1986 or so, the Macintosh has stored data on disks (hard disks, floppy disks) using a scheme called HFS, or Hierarchical Filing System. Under HFS, the space on a volume is divided into equal-sized segments called "allocation blocks," and the smallest size of an allocation block is 512 bytes. Additionally, any volume must have fewer than 65,535 allocation blocks. In 1986, when a floppy diskette held 800,000 bytes and a hard disk was possibly 5 megabytes, 65,535 blocks seemed almost limitless. But some quick math reveals that 65,000 times 512 bytes is 33 million bytes -- a tiny amount of space by the standards of 1998.
If an HFS volume can have no more than 65,000 blocks, what happens when you start using larger and larger drives? The answer is: the allocation block size increases. To ridiculous extremes:
Size of drive
Allocation block size
On a four billion byte drive (about average in 1998), saving a document consisting of a single character, say the letter "a," will consume just one byte. But the hard drive must allocate a block capable of holding 65,536 bytes to hold that one byte -- a huge waste. Many Macintosh files actually come in two parts, a "data fork" and a "resource fork." Without going into detail as to what these terms mean, in practice it is possible to store a single file (from the user's point of view) that is, say, 200 bytes in size, but with a data fork and a resource fork. Since the forks must be stored separately, this means that this 200 byte file could actually end up using 131,072 bytes of disk space. If the user also wanted to give the file a spiffy custom color icon, this must be stored separately, too, meaning there would be three blocks consumed, for a total of 196,608 bytes of disk space -- all to store this 200 byte file.
HFS Plus: The New Way
All of this was somewhat academic until the price of hard drive space started to plummet, and even "low end" computers started shipping with hard drives in the 2, 3, 4, and 5 gigabyte range. Owners of new Macs were alarmed to see very small files taking up colossal amounts of disk space. Various Internet hoaxes about disk-space consuming viruses that infected your computer after reading "infected" E-mail messages started to seem plausible. The real culprit -- the 1986-vintage Hierarchical Filing System -- seemed so esoteric that it was actually less credible, in the eyes of novice users.
So Apple, after years of research work and testing, released HFS Plus with Mac OS 8.1. There are a number of new features in HFS+ (some of which won't be fully supported until future Mac OS updates), but the most obvious one is a more efficient use of storage space. Instead of a maximum of 65,000 blocks, HFS+ allows for slightly less than 4.3 billion blocks. Instead of the allocation block size increasing as the capacity of a volume increases, HFS+ permits some control over block size. The default is a 4K (4096) byte block size for volumes over one billion bytes. If you take this to extremes, it means that one volume could hold up to 4 billion blocks of data of 4096 bytes, which is 17,592 megabytes. Or a whole lot of data. Or possibly the size of next year's version of Microsoft Office.
Rather than talk about HFS+ in terms of dry numbers, especially really big dry numbers, take a "real world" example. A brand-new Quantum three gigabyte (three billion byte) drive was formatted, first with HFS, then with HFS+. In both cases, a single software package, Claris Home Page 3.0, was then installed on the drive. Claris Home Page 3.0 is an excellent, extremely popular package for designing Web pages, with one somewhat frightening characteristic: it installs, literally, thousands of files on your hard drive. But it seems far less frightening on an HFS+ drive, as the screen shots show: it takes up only 18% as much drive space.
A three billion byte hard drive, formatted with Mac OS 8, shows that Claris Home Page 3.0 requires 277.3 million bytes of space to hold just 37.2 million bytes of data.
The same three billion byte drive, formatted with Mac OS 8.1 as an HFS Plus volume, shows that Claris Home Page 3.0 requires 50.3 million bytes of space to hold 37.2 million bytes of data -- a huge improvement.
HFS Plus: How To
When the Mac OS 8.1 Update was first posted on Apple's Web site (creating a huge international Internet traffic jam as the entire planet tried to download the 16 megabyte file), little mention was made of how to create HFS+ volumes. Apple and various other vendors did make it clear, however, that no existing disk formatting or recovery utilities supported HFS+, beyond Apple's own Disk First Aid 8.1 and Drive Setup 1.4 (both included with Mac OS 8.1). So Mac OS 8.1 users were given a new technology, but no means to use it, right?
Not quite. If you have more than one volume (either two hard drives or one large hard drive divided up into multiple partitions), you can easily format an existing volume with HFS+ using the Finder:
Selecting Erase Disk under the Finder's Special menu in Mac OS 8.1 offers you a new formatting option: Mac OS Extended. Select this option if you want to try out the new features of HFS+.
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Society has a tendency to put those who are self-sacrificing on a pedestal. This can cause us to believe that it is a virtue to put others ahead of ourselves. While caring for others is admirable it should never be at the expense of our own emotional well being. When we are happy life flows seemlessly and we are much better equipped to deal with problems when they arise. Therefore, looking after our own well being is essential to our functioning in all aspects of our lives.
Your happiness does not come to you as a result of doing for others, rather because you have taken responsibility for it yourself. Life is precious and short. By life I mean your life, the only one for which you are responsible.* You should see it as a moral duty to take care of and nourish this precious and unique gift, that you have been given.
*Sometimes others will seek to lay responsibility for their unhappiness at your doorstep. They also must take responsibility for their happiness.
You need to be ‘selfish ‘ in order to take care of your mental health and emotional well being. At the end of the day if you are emotionally empty or unhappy you have nothing to give others anyway. So what are your responsibilities to your emotional well being :
– Look after your physical well being, with an appropriate exercise regeme. Do not engage in ‘long term suicide’ through eating the wrong food and be aware of any addictive or reckless behaviours you may have. Remember the ‘body is the temple of the soul’, so look after it
– Look after your mental well being by desisting from negative behaviours such as self criticism and overwork. Replace negative thought patterns with positive affirmations. Allow time for fun, rest and recreation.
– Set aside time every day for quiet reflection in order to connect to something bigger than yourself. This could be religion, god, nature, spirituality, your higher power, universal beauty/truth, the wonders of universal life etc. You decide what best gives you the feeling of connection and support.
But to be truly happy requires you to look deeper, to look into the mirror and face your demons. You need to be fearless in acknowledging all aspects of who you are, without judgement. Only by confronting your self destructive patterns can you truly embrace your essential goodness and experience sustainable happiness.
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Prickly ash is a tree. The bark has been used to improve oral health and reduce cold-like symptoms. Prickly ash has also been used to improve blood flow. It can be taken as an extract.
There are no advised doses for prickly ash.
What Research Shows
There is not enough data to support that prickly ash is helpful in treating health problems. We will review future studies as they are published
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It may be safe to take prickly ash in small doses for a short time. Not enough studies have been done to say whether it is safe to use for a long period. It is also not known whether it is safe to take by women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Talk to your doctor about any supplements or therapy you would like to use. Some can interfere with treatment or make conditions worse such as:
Last reviewed December 2015 by EBSCO CAM Review Board
Last Updated: 4/17/2020
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Emergency Room Malpractice Lawyer
The emergency room of virtually every hospital has become an area where medical mistakes are common and often overlooked. Because of the growing amount of patients and prioritizing patients by order of medical urgency, many things can go wrong. Most of the time, the patient will eventually receive proper care. After receiving further testing and treatment, the mistakes of the emergency room are of little importance. On the other hand, when a patient is improperly discharged, or a diagnosis is overlooked, the medical errors of the emergency room can have fatal consequences. Suppose you or a loved one has been improperly discharged from an emergency room. In that case, you could have a medical malpractice or negligence case.
Most common emergency room errors
- Triage errors
- Diagnostic errors
- Failure to obtain a thorough medical history
- Failing to order appropriate tests
- Misreading or misinterpreting of test findings
- Overlooking essential information given when taking medical history (for example, a drug allergy)
- Medication errors (for example wrong medication or dosage)
- Failure to provide follow-up instructions to the patient
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Just Get Inspired Already
I’ve often heard authors (and annoying English professors) say the First Rule of Writing is to sit down and write. Easy, huh? That’s right. Plop down at your computer, and….Quick! Get inspired and churn out a story!
Every time I tried to do that I ended up staring at a blank screen. Maybe it works for some people, but not me. I mean, come on. It’s hard to get inspired unless there’s something that’s inspiring. So what’s my First Rule of Writing? Listen to God and outline. Some clarification is in order.
Listening to God
For me, writing is really fun. And because it’s fun, I think about stories (or possible stories) all the time, including during times of prayer and devotion. God has made each of us to have distinct passions, interests, and experiences. If we are sensitive to his Spirit, this uniqueness will cause each Christian to reflect God and His story in a vibrant, exciting way. It’s kind of a given: creativity stems from The Creator. Do you want to write? Then ask your Creator to inspire and impassion you about a concept, theme, or issue. But don’t be surprised when he draws your attention and thoughts to topics that already tug at your heart.
Yes, I know. It’s like a cuss word to creative, artsy-fartsy types. I apologize for the offensive suggestion, but there it is. This is only my opinion of course, but it’s based on experience. The first novel I tried to write I began solely on “inspiration.” Which is to say, I had a vague idea about a high fantasy story set in a magical and mystical world whose noble inhabitants were beset by an ancient evil. Tolkien, anyone? The only problem was I’m not Tolkien (last time I checked anyway), and the story was about as inspiring as Gollum’s loincloth.
I began my second book as a series of short stories set in the deep South, but then decided to turn it into a novel. There was no outline, so I wasn’t sure where it was going. The result? It “was going” into the reject pile of every literary agent in the universe.
For new authors, there are so many things to take into consideration when learning to write (dialogue, narrative, pacing, word choice, appropriate length, grammar and syntax, etc.), you’re making it harder on yourself if you don’t outline the plot….the entire plot.
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Recently, Newburgh was voted as the 37th worst American city to live in by 24/7 Wall Street. This ranking is part of 24/7 Wall Street’s list of the 50 worst American cities to live in. Newburgh has a documented population of 28,444. In 2017, Newburgh had 1,236 violent crimes per 100,000 people.
Newburgh is situated in the Northeastern United States, in Downstate New York ‘s Hudson Valley Area. It is located within Orange County bordering the Hudson River on the west bank. The town of Newburgh borders the city to the north and west, and the town of New Windsor borders the south.
Local towns near Newburgh, NY Varick Homes, NY. Fishkill Landing, NY. New Windsor , NY. Beacon , NY. Glenwood Park, NY. Balmville, NY. Brockway, NY. Dutchess Junction, NY.
The best way to get from Manhattan to Newburgh is to bus which takes 2h 29m and costs $21 – $25. Alternatively, you can train , which costs $14 – $35 and takes 2h 45m.
Newburgh to Manhattan bus services, operated by Shortline Bus , depart from Newburgh , NY station. Train or bus from Newburgh to Manhattan? The best way to get from Newburgh to Manhattan is to train which takes 2h 25m and costs $14 – $35. Alternatively, you can bus , which costs $20 – $35 and takes 2h 39m.
Where Are The Most Dangerous Cities In New York?
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Newburgh New York Top 5 Things to Do Visit George Washington’s Headquarters, America’s 1st National Historic Site. Stroll Two Historic Streets. Grab Lunch with a Gorgeous View on the Waterfront and Take a Hudson River Cruise Visit Orange County Choppers Headquarters and Motorcyclepedia. Kayak Moodna Creek and the Hudson River to Bannerman’s Castle.
The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Beacon is 1 in 59. Based on FBI crime data, Beacon is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to New York, Beacon has a crime rate that is higher than 85% of the state’s cities and towns of all sizes.
Yes, the driving distance between New York to Newburgh is 66 miles. It takes approximately 1h 19m to drive from New York to Newburgh .
The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Poughkeepsie is 1 in 38. Based on FBI crime data, Poughkeepsie is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to New York, Poughkeepsie has a crime rate that is higher than 94% of the state’s cities and towns of all sizes.
Newburgh is rated the number one town in New York State for crime rates. This must change. It is also rated third most unsafe place to live in the whole entire country. Newburgh is a great location, Up and coming with a lots of beautiful structures lined by the Hudson.
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|Emily Post (1873–1960). Etiquette. 1922.|
Teas and Other Afternoon Parties
Except at a wedding, the function strictly understood by the word “reception” went out of fashion, in New York at least, during the reign of Queen Victoria, and its survivor is a public or semi-public affair presided over by a committee, and is a serious, rather than a merely social event.
| The very word “reception” brings to mind an aggregation of personages, very formal, very dressed up, very pompous, and very learned, among whom the ordinary mortal can not do other than wander helplessly in the labyrinth of the specialist’s jargon. Art critics on a varnishing day reception, are sure to dwell on the effect of a new technique, and the comment of most of us, to whom a painting ought to look like a “picture,” is fatal. Equally fatal to meet an explorer and not know where or what he explored; or to meet a celebrated author and not have the least idea whether he wrote detective stories or expounded Taoism. On the other hand it is certainly discouraging after studying up on the latest Cretan excavations in order to talk intelligently to Professor Diggs, to be pigeon-holed for the afternoon beside Mrs. Newmother whose interest in discovery is limited to “a new tooth in baby’s head.”|| 2|
| Yet the difference between a reception and a tea is one of atmosphere only, like the difference in furnishing twin houses. One is enveloped in the heavy gloom of the mid-Victorian period, the other is light and alluring in the fashion of to-day.|| 3|
| A “tea,” even though it be formal, is nevertheless friendly and inviting. One does not go in “church” clothes nor with ceremonious manner; but in an informal and every-day spirit, to see one’s friends and be seen by them.|| 4|
THE AFTERNOON TEA WITH DANCING
The afternoon tea with dancing is usually given to “bring out” a daughter, or to present a new daughter-in-law. The invitations are the same whether one hundred or two thousand are sent out. For instance:
| As invitations to formal teas of this sort are sent to the hostess’ “general” visiting list, and very big houses are comparatively few, a ballroom is nearly always engaged at a hotel. Many hotels have a big and a small ballroom, and unless one’s acquaintance is enormous the smaller room is preferable.|| 6|
| Too much space for too few people gives an effect of emptiness which always is suggestive of failure; also one must not forget that an undecorated room needs more people to make it look “trimmed” than one in which the floral decoration is lavish. On the other hand, a “crush” is very disagreeable, even though it always gives the effect of “success.”|| 7|
| The arrangements are not as elaborate as for a ball. At most a screen of palms behind which the musicians sit (unless they sit in a gallery), perhaps a few festoons of green here and there, and the débutante’s own flowers banked on tables where she stands to receive, form as much decoration as is ever attempted.|| 8|
| Whether in a public ballroom or a private drawing-room, the curtains over the windows are drawn and the lights lighted as if for a ball in the evening. If the tea is at a private house there is no awning unless it rains, but there is a chauffeur or coachman at the curb to open motor doors, and a butler, or caterer’s man, to open the door of the house before any one has time to ring.|| 9|
| Guests as they arrive are announced either by the hostess’ own butler or a caterer’s “announcer.” The hostess receives everyone as at a ball; if she and her daughter are for the moment standing alone, the new arrival, if a friend, stands talking with them until a newer arrival takes his or her place.|| 10|
| After “receiving” with her mother or mother-in-law for an hour or so, as soon as the crowd thins a little, the débutante or bride may be allowed to dance.|| 11|
| The younger people, as soon as they have shaken hands with the hostess, dance. The older ones sit about, or talk to friends or take tea.|| 12|
| At a formal tea, the tea-table is exactly like that at a wedding reception, in that it is a large table set as a buffet, and is always in charge of the caterer’s men, or the hostess’ own butler or waitress and assistants. It is never presided over by deputy hostesses.|| 13|
THE MENU IS LIMITED
Only tea, bouillon, chocolate, bread and cakes are served. There can be all sorts of sandwiches, hot biscuits, crumpets, muffins, sliced cake and little cakes in every variety that a cook or caterer can devise—whatever can come under the head of “bread and cake” is admissible; but nothing else, or it becomes a “reception,” and not a “tea.” At the end of the table or on a separate table near by, there are bowls or pitchers of orangeade or lemonade or “punch” (meaning in these days something cold that has fruit juice in it) for the dancers, exactly as at a ball.
| Guests go to the table and help themselves to their own selection of bread and cakes. The chocolate, already poured into cups and with whipped cream on top, is passed on a tray by a servant. Tea also poured into cups, not mixed but accompanied by a small pitcher of cream, bowl of sugar, and dish of lemon, is also passed on a tray. A guest taking her plate of food in one hand and her tea or chocolate in the other, finds herself a chair somewhere, if possible, near a table, so that she can take her tea without discomfort.|| 15|
AFTERNOON TEAS WITHOUT DANCING
Afternoon teas without dancing are given in honor of visiting celebrities or new neighbors or engaged couples, or to “warm” a new house; or, most often, for a house-guest from another city.
| The invitation is a visiting card of the hostess with “to meet Mrs. So-and-So” across the top of it and “Jan. 10, Tea at 4 o’clock” in the lower corner, opposite the address.|| 17|
| At a tea of this description, tea and chocolate may be passed on trays or poured by two ladies, as will be explained below.|| 18|
| Unless the person for whom the tea is given is such a celebrity that the “tea” becomes a “reception,” the hostess does not stand at the door, but merely near it so that anyone coming in may easily find her. The ordinary afternoon tea given for one reason or another is, in winter, merely and literally, being at home on a specified afternoon with the blinds and curtains drawn, the room lighted as at night, a fire burning and a large tea-table spread in the dining-room or a small one near the hearth. An afternoon tea in summer is the same, except that artificial light is never used, and the table is most often on a veranda.|| 19|
“DO COME IN FOR A CUP OF TEA”
This is Best Society’s favorite form of invitation. It is used on nearly every occasion whether there is to be music or a distinguished visitor, or whether a hostess has merely an inclination to see her friends. She writes on her personal visiting card: “Do come in on Friday for a cup of tea and hear Ellwin play, or Farrish sing, or to meet Senator West, or Lady X.” Or even more informally: “I have not seen you for so long.”
| Invitations to a tea of this description are never “general.” A hostess asks either none but close friends, or at most her “dining” list; sometimes this sort of a “tea” is so small that she sits behind her own tea-table—exactly as she does every afternoon.|| 21|
| But if the tea is of any size, from twenty upwards, the table is set in the dining-room and two intimate friends of the hostess “pour” tea at one end, and chocolate at the other. The ladies who “pour” are always especially invited beforehand and always wear afternoon dresses, with hats, of course, as distinguished from the street clothes of other guests. As soon as a hostess decides to give a tea, she selects two friends for this duty who are, in her opinion, decorative in appearance and also who (this is very important) can be counted on for gracious manners to everyone and under all circumstances.|| 22|
| It does not matter if a guest going into the dining-room for a cup of tea or chocolate does not know the deputy hostesses who are “pouring.” It is perfectly correct for a stranger to say “May I have a cup of tea?”|| 23|
| The one pouring should answer very responsively, “Certainly! How do you like it? Strong or weak?”|| 24|
| If the latter, she deluges it with hot water, and again watching for the guest’s negative or approval, adds cream or lemon or sugar. Or, preferring chocolate, the guest perhaps goes to the other end of the table and asks for a cup of chocolate. The table hostess at that end also says “Certainly,” and pours out chocolate. If she is surrounded with people, she smiles as she hands it out, and that is all. But if she is unoccupied and her momentary “guest by courtesy” is alone, it is merest good manners on her part to make a few pleasant remarks. Very likely when asked for chocolate she says: “How nice of you! I have been feeling very neglected at my end. Everyone seems to prefer tea.” Whereupon the guest ventures that people are afraid of chocolate because it is so fattening or so hot. After an observation or two about the weather, or the beauty of the china or how good the little cakes look, or the sandwiches taste, the guest finishes her chocolate.|| 25|
| If the table hostess is still unoccupied the guest smiles and slightly nods “Good-by,” but if the other’s attention has been called upon by someone else, she who has finished her chocolate, leaves unnoticed.|| 26|
| If another lady coming into the dining-room is an acquaintance of one of the table hostesses, the new visitor draws up a chair, if there is room, and drinks her tea or chocolate at the table. But as soon as she has finished, she should give her place up to a newer arrival. Or perhaps a friend appears, and the two take their tea together over in another part of the room, or at vacant places farther down the table. The tea-table is not set with places; but at a table where ladies are pouring, and especially at a tea that is informal, a number of chairs are usually ready to be drawn up for those who like to take their tea at the table.|| 27|
| In many cities, strangers who find themselves together in the house of a friend in common, always talk. In New York smart people always do at dinners or luncheons, but never at a general entertainment. Their cordiality to a stranger would depend largely upon the informal, or intimate, quality of the tea party; it would depend on who the stranger might be, and who the New Yorker. Mrs. Worldly would never dream of speaking to anyone—no matter whom—if it could be avoided. Mrs. Kindhart on the other hand, talks to everyone, everywhere and always. Mrs. Kindhart’s position is as good as Mrs. Worldly’s every bit, but perhaps she can be more relaxed; not being the conspicuous hostess that Mrs. Worldly is, she is not so besieged by position-makers and invitation-seekers. Perhaps Mrs. Worldly, finding that nearly every one who approaches her wants something, has come instinctively to avoid each new approach.|| 28|
THE EVERY-DAY AFTERNOON TEA TABLE
The every-day afternoon tea table is familiar to everyone; there is not the slightest difference in its service whether in the tiny bandbox house of the newest bride, or in the drawing-room of Mrs. Worldly of Great Estates, except that in the little house the tray is brought in by a woman—often a picture in appearance and appointment—instead of a butler with one or two footmen in his wake. In either case a table is placed in front of the hostess. A tea-table is usually of the drop-leaf variety because it is more easily moved than a solid one. There are really no “correct” dimensions; any small table is suitable. It ought not to be so high that the hostess seems submerged behind it, nor so small as to be overhung by the tea tray and easily knocked over. It is usually between 24 and 26 inches wide and from 27 to 36 inches long, or it may be oval or oblong. A double-decked table that has its second deck above the main table is not good because the tea tray perched on the upper deck is neither graceful nor convenient. In proper serving, not only of tea but of cold drinks of all sorts, even where a quantity of bottles, pitchers and glasses need space, everything should be brought on a tray and not trundled in on a tea-wagon!
| A cloth must always be first placed on the table, before putting down the tray. The tea cloth may be a yard, a yard and a half, or two yards square. It may barely cover the table, or it may hang half a yard over each edge. A yard and a quarter is the average size. A tea cloth can be colored, but the conventional one is of white linen, with little or much white needlework or lace, or both.|| 30|
| On this is put a tray big enough to hold everything except the plates of food. The tray may be a massive silver one that requires a footman with strong arms to lift it, or it may be of Sheffield or merely of effectively lacquered tin. In any case, on it should be: a kettle which ought to be already boiling, with a spirit lamp under it, an empty teapot, a caddy of tea, a tea strainer and slop bowl, cream pitcher and sugar bowl, and, on a glass dish, lemon in slices. A pile of cups and saucers and a stack of little tea plates, all to match, with a napkin (about 12 inches square, hem-stitched or edged to match the tea cloth) folded on each of the plates, like the filling of a layer cake, complete the paraphernalia. Each plate is lifted off with its own napkin. Then on the tea-table, back of the tray, or on the shelves of a separate “curate,” a stand made of three small shelves, each just big enough for one good-sized plate, are always two, usually three, varieties of cake and hot breads.|| 31|
THINGS PEOPLE EAT AT TEA
The top dish on the “curate” should be a covered one, and holds hot bread of some sort; the two lower dishes may be covered or not, according to whether the additional food is hot or cold; the second dish usually holds sandwiches, and the third cake. Or perhaps all the dishes hold cake; little fancy cakes for instance, and pastries and slices of layer cakes. Many prefer a simpler diet, and have bread and butter, or toasted crackers, supplemented by plain cookies. Others pile the “curate” until it literally staggers, under pastries and cream cakes and sandwiches of pâté de foie gras or mayonnaise. Others, again, like marmalade, or jam, or honey on bread and butter or on buttered toast or muffins. This necessitates little butter knives and a dish of jam added to the already overloaded tea tray.
| Selection of afternoon tea food is entirely a matter of whim, and new food-fads sweep through communities. For a few months at a time, everyone, whether in a private house or a country club, will eat nothing but English muffins and jam, then suddenly they like only toasted cheese crackers, or Sally Lunn, or chocolate cake with whipped cream on top. The present fad of a certain group in New York is bacon and toast sandwiches and fresh hot gingerbread. Let it be hoped for the sake of the small household that it will die out rather than become epidemic, since the gingerbread must be baked every afternoon, and the toast and bacon are two other items that come from a range.|| 33|
| Sandwiches for afternoon tea as well as for all collations, are made by buttering the end of the loaf, spreading on the “filling” and then cutting off the prepared slice as thin as possible. A second slice, unspread, makes the other side of the sandwich. When it is put together, the crust is either cut off leaving a square and the square again divided diagonally into two triangular sandwiches, or the sandwich is cut into shape with a regular cutter. In other words, a “party” sandwich is not the sort of sandwich to eat—or order—when hungry!|| 34|
| The tea served to a lady who lives alone and cares for only one dish of eatables would naturally eliminate the other two. But if a visitor is “received,” the servant on duty should, without being told, at once bring in at least another dish and an additional cup, saucer, plate and napkin.|| 35|
| Afternoon tea at a very large house party or where especially invited people are expected for tea, should include two plates of hot food such as toast or hot biscuits split open and buttered, toasted and buttered English muffins, or crumplets, corn muffins or hot gingerbread. Two cold plates should contain cookies or fancy cakes, and perhaps a layer cake. In hot weather, in place of one of the hot dishes, there should be pâté or lettuce sandwiches, and always a choice of hot or iced tea, or perhaps iced coffee or chocolate frappé, but rarely if ever, anything else.|| 36|
THE ETIQUETTE OF TEA SERVING AND DRINKING
As tea is the one meal of intimate conversation, a servant never comes to the room at tea-time unless rung for, to bring fresh water or additional china or food, or to take away used dishes. When the tray and curate are brought in, individual tables, usually glass topped and very small and low, are put beside each of the guests, and the servant then withdraws. The hostess herself “makes” the tea and pours it. Those who sit near enough to her put out their hands for their cup-and-saucer. If any ladies are sitting farther off, and a gentleman is present, he, of course, rises and takes the tea from the hostess to the guest. He also then passes the curate, afterward putting it back where it belongs and resuming his seat. If no gentleman is present, a lady gets up and takes her own tea which the hostess hands her, carries it to her own little individual table, comes back, takes a plate and napkin, helps herself to what she likes and goes to her place.
| If the cake is very soft and sticky or filled with cream, small forks must be laid on the tea-table.|| 38|
| As said above, if jam is to be eaten on toast or bread, there must be little butter knives to spread it with. Each guest in taking her plate helps herself to toast and jam and a knife and carries her plate over to her own little table. She then carries her cup of tea to her table and sits down comfortably to drink it. If there are no little tables, she either draws her chair up to the tea-table, or manages as best she can to balance plate, cup and saucer on her lap—a very difficult feat!|| 39|
| In fact, the hostess who, providing no individual tables, expects her guest to balance knife, fork, jam, cream cake, plate and cup and saucer, all on her knees, should choose her friends in the circus rather than in society.|| 40|
THE GARDEN PARTY
The garden party is merely an afternoon tea out of doors. It may be as elaborate as a sit-down wedding breakfast or as simple as a miniature strawberry festival. At an elaborate one (in the rainy section of our country) a tent or marquise with sides that can be easily drawn up in fine weather and dropped in rain, and with a good dancing floor, is often put up on the lawn or next to the veranda, so that in case of storm people will not be obliged to go out of doors. The orchestra is placed within or near open sides of the tent, so that it can be heard on the lawn and veranda as well as where they are dancing. Or instead of a tea with dancing, if most of the guests are to be older, there may be a concert or other form of professional entertainment.
| On the lawn there are usually several huge bright-colored umbrella tents, and under each a table and a group of chairs, and here and there numerous small tables and chairs. For, although the afternoon tea is always put in the dining-room footmen or maids carry varieties of food out on large trays to the lawn, and the guests hold plates on their knees and stand glasses on tables nearby.|| 42|
| At a garden party the food is often much more prodigal than at a tea in town. Sometimes it is as elaborate as at a wedding reception. In addition to hot tea and chocolate, there is either iced coffee or a very melted café parfait, or frosted chocolate in cups. There are also pitchers of various drinks that have rather mysterious ingredients, but are all very much iced and embellished with crushed fruits and mint leaves. There are often berries with cream, especially in strawberry season, on an estate that prides itself on those of its own growing, as well as the inevitable array of fancy sandwiches and cakes.|| 43|
| At teas and musicales and all entertainments where the hostess herself is obliged to stand at the door, her husband or a daughter (if the hostess is old enough, and lucky enough to have one) or else a sister or a very close friend, should look after the guests, to see that any who are strangers are not helplessly wandering about alone, and that elderly ladies are given seats if there is to be a performance, or to show any other courtesies that devolve upon a hostess.|| 44|
THE ATMOSPHERE OF HOSPITALITY
The atmosphere of hospitality is something very intangible, and yet nothing is more actually felt—or missed. There are certain houses that seem to radiate warmth like an open wood fire, there are others that suggest an arrival by wireless at the North Pole, even though a much brighter actual fire may be burning on the hearth in the drawing-room of the second than of the first. Some people have the gift of hospitality; others whose intentions are just as kind and whose houses are perfection in luxury of appointments, seem to petrify every approach. Such people appearing at a picnic color the entire scene with the blue light of their austerity. Such people are usually not masters, but slaves, of etiquette. Their chief concern is whether this is correct, or whether that is properly done, or is this person or that such an one as they care to know? They seem, like Hermione (Don Marquis’s heroine), to be anxiously asking themselves, “Have I failed to-day, or have I not?”
| Introspective people who are fearful of others, fearful of themselves, are never successfully popular hosts or hostesses. If you for instance, are one of these, if you are really afraid of knowing some one who might some day prove unpleasant, if you are such a snob that you can’t take people at their face value, then why make the effort to bother with people at all? Why not shut your front door tight and pull down the blinds and, sitting before a mirror in your own drawing-room, order tea for two?|| 46| | <urn:uuid:37905255-d752-4168-ad1b-8a29c41c75e8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bartleby.com/95/13.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.959474 | 5,433 | 1.953125 | 2 |
If You Plant a Seed, written and illustrated by Kadir Nelson published in 2015 by Balzer + Bray
Bunny and Mouse are gardening buddies. Into the rich earth they tuck some tiny seeds and after an arduous wait — voila! A magnificent crop!
But just as they’re enjoying their first juicy tomatoes and crunchy carrots, down swoops a line-up of birds. They stand and stare hopefully. Their gleaming eyes feast on the lush vegetables. They. Want. Them! Rabbit and Mouse aren’t about to give up their goods. Soon, a shouting match is underway and even an all-out brawl!
Clearly — if you plant a seed of selfishness it grows into a heap of trouble.
But what happens if you plant a seed of kindness?
Kadir Nelson uses few words to convey the benefits of generosity. Instead he relies on his stunning oil paintings. We’ve been used to his brilliance in his noble portraiture in histories and biographies, but lately he’s taken us on a new ride. These luminous scenes are bathed in the light of high noon — blazing bright color, zoomed in to the action. The figures look real enough to reach out and touch. His perspectives, compositions and characterization are just crazy good. Wow.
And he does not wallop us over the head with a moral lesson. He woos us with sweetness. An absolute gem for ages Under-Two and up.
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt, by Kate Messner, with art by Christopher Silas Neal published in 2015 by Chronicle Books
Nana and her granddaughter stand in the garden. The snow is retreating and the promise of spring fills their heads with dreams of a new planting season.
It’s not quite time yet to plant. Too wet. But deep in the earth, there are a host of critters already at work, helping them in their gardening efforts. Earthworms break up clods. Pill bugs break down last year’s leaf litter. A few enemies lurk there as well, like the tomato hornworm whose larvae can wreak havoc on the leaves of the tomato plants. (Booo!)
Walk through the gardening year with these two, and learn all about the bustling activity under the ground and amongst the leaves of the garden, until winter descends again, and the garden and itsresidents settle to sleep.
Kate Messner gave us a lovely glimpse of what happens Over and Under Snow, and now she’s back with this loving look at gardening, just right to share with little mud-grubbers ages 2 and up. She beckons us to observe, appreciate, and enjoy the seasons, produce, and camaraderie of gardening, and learn of the “smaller gardeners” working in the dirt alongside us.
Neal’s mixed media illustrations are handsome, tremendously appealing, ingenuously letting us see multiple levels at the same time. They communicate a refreshing love of the outdoors as well as homey friendliness. An illustrated guide to each of the animals in the book is in the end pages, with more information about them. | <urn:uuid:f571913c-2077-4b77-addf-6be9a25992c7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://orangemarmaladebooks.com/2015/04/22/gardens-full-of-surprises/?replytocom=14075 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.947509 | 655 | 2.046875 | 2 |
- "Admiral Sloane's strategy is simple: lure the Republic fleet away from Nadiri, with simultaneous attacks on enemy targets across the galaxy. We've been assigned to attack Mon Cala. We don't have the numbers for a pitched battle, so you will have to strike fast. Your mission is to sow chaos through multiple attacks, moving quickly."
- ―Captain Terisa Kerrill, to Titan Squadron
The scouring of Mon Cala was a battle that took place in the orbit of Mon Cala during the Galactic Civil War between the New Republic and the Galactic Empire. The hit-and-fade strikes were part of a larger operation planned by Admiral Rae Sloane to lure the New Republic Defense Fleet away from the Nadiri Dockyards in order for the Empire to attack Project Starhawk.
- Star Wars: Squadrons (First appearance)
Notes and references
- Star Wars: Squadrons
- Star Wars: Battles that Changed the Galaxy states that the battle at the Nadiri Dockyards took place twenty-three years after the formation of the Galactic Empire, which Star Wars: Galactic Atlas dates to 19 BBY. Star Wars: Squadrons depicts the scouring of Mon Cala occurring immediately prior to events at the Nadiri Dockyards and therefore must have taken place that same year in 4 ABY. | <urn:uuid:cae742fa-9b9b-45ea-8b54-0754b8220861> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Scouring_of_Mon_Cala | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.941492 | 279 | 2.46875 | 2 |
B&B rooms in beautifully restored lighthouse in the middle of the Hudson River, outside of New York. 2 nt min stay on weekends.
This beautifully restored lighthouse was built in the 1800's and is on the Hudson River, NY. It is a museum open to the public in certain hours and also a B&B. It is the perfect place to enjoy a quiet and relaxing holiday in the middle of the river. The lighthouse is accessed by a half mile walking trail or by personal boat. It is 107 miles from New York.
There is a trail leading up to the lighthouse and it is surrounded by amazing flora and fauna. Once in the lighthouse you can enjoy stunning views of the river. The usual outdoor activities include bird watching, picnics, fishing and just relaxing.
There are 2 double bedrooms, a bathroom with hot and cold water that is shared by all the guests, plus a kitchen for if you wish to carry food out with you. For families who would like to rent both rooms, accommodation can be arranged for extra guests. A hearty breakfast is included in your stay. There is limited electricity supply to the lighthouse and there is a composting toilet. The parlor, where guests can gather, has a toasty coal stove for winter and cool river breezes in summer, and has west facing windows overlooking the Esopus Creek.
The lighthouse was built in 1835 on a man-made island and restored in 1990. There is no smoking and no pets allowed.
The price for 2 people for a night is just $250 with breakfast included, and $40 for each additional person.
Two night or two room minimum on weekends.
Please click Go to Website to book.
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In the restaurant, the appropriate lighting effect can quickly change the customer’s mood, increase the customer’s appetite, adjust the customer’s stay time, highlight the key content of the restaurant, and divide the dining area.
Change customer mood:After customers enter the restaurant, the first thing that arouses their visual attention is the lighting of the restaurant, and then the dining environment under the lighting. If the lighting is soft and warm, even customers who are excited and high will quickly calm down; if the lighting is messy and dazzling, even customers who are in a happy mood will become restless. For casual dining, the first impression of lighting on customers can even instantly determine their willingness to spend.
Increase customer appetite:As the old saying goes, “five colors blind people”. Therefore, good lighting in the restaurant can bring customers both visual and taste enjoyment, and achieve physical and mental pleasure. Good lighting can increase the texture of food, show the true color of ingredients, and stimulate people’s appetite. For example, generally in a deli, the lights are orange to make the food look more attractive.
Adjust customer stay time:Lighting can also play a role in the dining process, influencing customer decision-making. A restaurant that pays attention to table turnover needs brighter lighting, and with cool-toned decoration colors, it can speed up the dining process; while a casual restaurant with a longer business hours needs to use soft and warm lighting to attract customers to stop and stay. .
Highlight key content:Different types of restaurants have different service priorities. For example, the formal dining format attaches great importance to the display of dishes, so we need a specific lighting design to focus the light on the dining table, so that everyone can focus on the dishes. For coffee shops and bakeries, the key areas are the consoles and display cabinets. At this time, it is necessary to increase the brightness above the consoles and display cabinets, reduce the brightness of lights in other areas, and let customers focus on key content through brightness contrast. . In the same way, if the dining restaurant has an open kitchen, then the open kitchen will also become the key content that needs to be highlighted. In addition, employees who work at the bar, console and open kitchen will be under the spotlight and attention, and their mentality will be tense and serious, and their work efficiency will also be improved.
Differentiate between different dining areas:A restaurant with a relatively large area usually divides the dining space into multiple areas, such as a small square table area suitable for two-person dining, and a large round table area suitable for multiple people dining. The characteristics of the dining area for two are that the unit price per customer is low, and most of the white-collar workers nearby come to have work meals. The unit price is high, and most of them are colleagues or friends in the department. The meal time is long, and there are certain requirements for privacy. Therefore, this area is suitable for relatively mild lighting. Moreover, by distinguishing the interior space through lighting, it can also make the space appear spacious and layered. | <urn:uuid:6b20488d-abae-4b11-9f38-bd41f7e7161d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.anclighting.com/restaurant-chandeliers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.932631 | 640 | 1.929688 | 2 |
‘Use of War Metaphors For COVID Divides People, Spreads Fear’
Bengaluru: With COVID-19 cases on the rise, several global leaders and officials have repeatedly likened the pandemic to a war. US President Donald Trump equated himself to a war-time president. In New York, the epicentre of the pandemic with over 139,385 positive cases and over 10,650 deaths as of April 22, Governor Andrew Cuomo called healthcare workers “soldiers”. Leaders in Japan, Italy and the UK, as well as the global media have used similar war metaphors to refer to the pandemic. In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has compared the pandemic and the challenges of lockdown to a war and a battle in nearly all his speeches.
In his maiden speech on COVID-19 on March 24, Modi primed citizens for the lockdown reminding “today’s generation” of blackouts and drills observed during wars, and a reminder that the impact of the Coronavirus is worse than that of the two World Wars. He continued such comparisons, when in his April 14 speech, he referred to those bearing the burden of the lockdown, including the migrant worker, as a “disciplined soldier”. He has called healthcare workers “defenders of the nation” and “Corona warriors”. On another occasion, Modi said, “Mahabharata war took 18 days to conclude, the war against Coronavirus will take 21 days.”
On April 26, in his “Mann Ki Baat” address to the nation, Modi announced a new digital portal called covidwarriors.gov.in. The platform links volunteers, civil society organisations and local administration, and has around 12.5 million registrations including doctors, nurses, NCC cadets, and ASHA workers, he said. People can join the platform to be a “COVID warrior and serve the country”.
Experts have repeatedly warned against use of military language as it is dangerous and distorts reality. Soumitra Pathare, director of the Pune-based Centre for Mental Health for Law and Policy at the Indian Law Society, agrees with the view. In this interview with IndiaSpend, he explains the many problems and unintended consequences of using war metaphors.
Pathare, a psychiatrist, leads a multidisciplinary team of 40 that runs community interventions in mental health in Gujarat, and has helped draft India’s Mental Healthcare Act 2017 and the National Mental Health Policy 2014. Through the lockdown, which began on March 24, the team has been monitoring media reports on suicides linked to the pandemic. This is just the beginning of the mental health crisis, he cautioned.
How do the war metaphors used in handling the COVID-19 pandemic impact healthcare workers?
There are two angles here: One, war metaphors used to describe the whole response to the pandemic (‘War on Corona’, ‘Fight Against Corona’); two, specifically, in the context of healthcare workers, [being] seen as “Corona Warriors” and “Corona Fighters” on the frontline.
Let us focus on the second point: Labelling healthcare workers as “warriors” is inappropriate because nobody who chose to become a healthcare worker wanted to become a warrior. Unlike soldiers, they did not sign up to put their lives at risk. But like soldiers, they are now supposed to show heroism and be stoic.
The unsaid message in a war is you are supposed to be quiet and not speak out or complain because everyone has to suffer. Even in the absence of personal protective equipment (PPE), healthcare workers are expected to put themselves at risk because they are “warriors”. This is completely wrong because the issue of PPE is that of occupational hazard. Healthcare workers are in a healthcare system, whether private or government-run, where employers have a responsibility to reduce occupational hazards. They are not supposed to put their life at risk while working. By calling healthcare workers “warriors”, you are covering up the failures of the system to protect them.
So if healthcare staff highlight the difficulties of poor working environments, it is seen as unpatriotic. There are instances where action has been taken against doctors and nurses who spoke out publicly.
Could you highlight other issues with the language used through this crisis?
Another issue is that every war requires an enemy. Otherwise how do you fight a war? Thus, enemies are manufactured at various levels, as we have seen. At the global level, for example, we see the World Health Organization (WHO) labelled as an enemy. Leaders are saying: “It’s all their fault. They were responsible.”
You can also see countries fighting with each other. It is now seen as perfectly alright for the US to divert supplies from Singapore meant for India to themselves. Because in a war everything is fair. People and countries are falling apart and fighting over scraps.
Instead of working together, we are identifying enemies and fighting with them. If we are going to deal with the global pandemic, we need global solidarity. We won’t get that by referring to it as a global war. The metaphor of war always triggers emotions within people as well as in countries, and makes it each one for himself/herself.
Moreover, a war metaphor to solve healthcare issues has always failed. For instance, the ‘war’ on drugs never actually succeeded. There are also civil society ramifications of using the war metaphor. Governments are suspending civil rights and civil liberties, and nobody is supposed to complain because it is a war. There are multiple problems at the level of the individual, healthcare, human rights. It is not that we can't use other metaphors, like the climate change movement has done.
Can you give an example?
Greta Thunberg didn’t use the war metaphor in the movement for climate change, for example. I think it requires us to also see people as being intelligent and not just use simplistic, narrow metaphors. You could use the metaphor of a journey where you need to plan, but there will be some hiccups and setbacks, you might miss a train or a bus. However, there will be a certain end. Or metaphors from sports where there is teamwork, getting together, and working for a particular outcome.
When you want to bring people together, those kinds of metaphors work well too.
What impact does the war metaphor have on those who have the disease?
Directly or indirectly, people are blamed for getting COVID-19 or “bringing it into a country”. It is not like luggage that you “bring” with you. People fall ill, but we blame them. Persons with COVID-19 and their families are ostracised by their community; housing societies say we don't want any COVID-19 patients. People have been stigmatised unfairly in many ways because of the panic and anxiety around COVID-19. This has even led to suicides.
There’s a lot of anxiety and hopelessness among people, some of it is even leading to suicides. Will this extreme response worsen over time?
As an economic crisis inevitably follows the pandemic, suicides will be the next big challenge. There is evidence from the past. Suicides and alcohol-use disorders go up after an economic crisis.
We have been tracking the news for suicide stories; right now that is the only way we can get information. We have observed three kinds of suicides: One wave was early on in the lockdown due to alcohol withdrawal. That has stopped because many would have finished their withdrawal, which lasts 8-10 days. The second wave in the next two-three weeks was because of the fear of getting diagnosed with COVID-19, as I mentioned before. Then beginning last week, there were suicides due to economic distress, and the panic and anxiety around it.
That is why we say: Don’t appeal to fear.
So you are saying governments shouldn't scare people with their messages. Then how should the severity of this crisis be communicated?
Some amount of rational communication--which starts with the assumption that people are intelligent. Our experience with the HIV epidemic shows that appeals to fear don't work. Scaring people actually decreases the chances of them seeking assistance in time. You can’t direct fear in the right direction: You can’t have just enough fear that people stay at home, but not so much that they panic. So, in fact, most of us say don’t appeal to fear, which results in people ignoring the message and the bearer of the message.
There is the classic example of smoking, for example. Too many appeals to fear about the impact of smoking can result in cognitive dissonance: People think: That will happen to others, not me.
Is that what happens when people violate the lockdown thinking ‘it won't happen to me’?
Correct. They deny the message. We should be having far more grown-up conversations with people rather than assuming that they will not understand anything.
Does a phrase like “social distancing” have any consequences for our mental health?
We must encourage people to use “physical distancing” and not “social distancing”. Social distancing may lead to social isolation and ostracisation, both of which are problematic for mental health. Human beings are social animals. You can have physical distancing but still have social contact. A large number of people with chronic mental health problems already experience social distancing, isolation, and exclusion from the community and job market.
Not everyone understands jargon like ‘flattening the curve’ that signifies slowing the spread of the virus over a period of time. Or ‘R0’ (R naught), which indicates how contagious the disease is. How does one spread these messages without talking down?
Communication is as much an art as a science. There are certain basic rules: Do not presume that the audience is dumb. If you explain things in a language they understand, then they will get it. Effective communication has to be two-way: Saying my piece and walking away is not communication, it is a monologue. I should follow up by letting you ask questions and clarify your doubts. Otherwise I don't know what you have understood. I may have given out an unintended message and then the communication has failed.
We also have to be consistent and repetitive with that message. You can't have bits and pieces of the government giving out contradictory messages. That's what we have seen. Ministers have even said something about cow dung cures. If the government’s message is that lockdown is going to reduce the number of cases and prevent the spread of the pandemic, everyone should spread that message regularly and not once in 15 days.
Saying things like ‘flatten the curve’ sounds fancy, and makes you feel like you are an expert but it actually means nothing to many. I was quite impressed by Angela Merkel who explained what ‘flattening the curve’ means in practical language.
This could be an opportunity for governments to communicate science and health to a larger audience. How do you think India has fared on this front?
We haven't fared very well. We could have had better communication, not only the management of the pandemic, but also better communication of the science around it. The whole fiasco around hydroxychloroquine is just symptomatic of the mismanagement and the poor communication of the risks to people. We could certainly do better.
Communication also requires transparency. Nobody has all the answers, and it is fine. Our bureaucrats, governments, and experts need to stop treating our populations like they are idiots. People will understand if you offer them a complex answer and they aren’t going to lose faith in you if you tell them that they don't know everything.
The problem is people are not trained to communicate in any field.
Science communication within the field of science is not valued, this is a failure of science as a sector. Opportunities and funding for science communicators is limited. Science has not succeeded in conveying what science actually does. A lot of the experts are used to talking to and writing for other experts. Hopefully one of the learnings in this is, health and science communication is important.
Do we need codified communication strategies for emergencies?
You wouldn't need any guidelines if people were trained in communication. Guidelines fall flat if you don't have people who understand the complexity of the science.
What can the government do to ensure that they are communicating well during the pandemic, and ensuring positive behavioural change?
Bringing in people whose daily job is communicating would have been great. Indian advertising and design studios are reputed for conveying ideas and concepts. Why aren’t they involved in the communication around the pandemic, for example? I am not suggesting that you spin. But Indian advertisers have been dealing with the average Indian by simplifying and getting to the core of the message for years. Selling a product and selling an idea is no different.
There are also specialised science communication organisations who haven’t been involved at this point. It's not like we don't have any resources, it's just that we don't seem to value and use those resources.
(Jain is a Bengaluru-based independent journalist and editor.)
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Summer Reading or June Weight?
Summer is actually approaching fast, and soon the how to hookup in Fresno past school bells often voice, pool talks about would be removed back, sunglasses goes with the and children everywhere tend to feel the daunting pressure of summer discovering assignments. Much time keeps required reading in the summer travel started a good hallerican education system. not, as many individuals see, extremely people are generally unwilling to see to possess group in 12 months, let-alone during their vacations. Will, college students protest to june projects assured of decreasing the requirements or, even more most, abolishing the summer reading program altogether. In a day and age where college students is leading their interest way more so you’re able to the newest monitor much less into the webpage, a concern appears: Is colleges wanted june learning?
Of numerous point out that sure, june projects will likely be necessary, actually needed, to avoid a technology also known as “summer fall.” According to National Summer Reading Association, a summertime fall happens when college students, particularly lower-income students, dump informative enjoy along side june. The latest connection account you to people generally speaking reduce ranging from a couple of and you can 3 months out of studying skills during split. Requiring youngsters to participate a summer discovering program usually allegedly fight this slide, and help to alter students’ learning ability.
Summer training is important into the success of a student. Although not, summer studying is typically merely fun for one number of youngsters: people who appreciate understanding. All to tend to really does a student state “I am not a text people,” or “I dislike training books.” Also individuals who appreciate reading in certain cases was reluctant to dive with the given instructions. Requiring disinterested youngsters to read any where from two to three courses per june is much like requiring that a person exactly who passionately dislikes traditional sounds to know two or three of Beethoven’s symphonies. Just how, after that, is also summer words arts projects efficiently come to all of the pupils?
The goal of june training is actually fundamentally in order to both recommend a good cultural conflict by way of literature, and consult some sort of studies responding. During the an article for Big date magazine, Charlotte Change reported that just like the pupils age they realize faster much less to possess pleasure, pursuing the a steady drop off over the past 3 decades. Given that appeal has actually clearly shifted off books, curious teachers normally desire to look to the latest “focal point” having how to re also-vamp june research.
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At the time of writing this blog, I have just turned 30. To celebrate this apparently momentous occasion (my view is that it’s all downhill from here!) a close friend of mine who is a chef baked me a birthday cake. The flavour: chocolate and beetroot.
Now I know that may not sound like a good combination to some of you, but it was delicious and it inspired me to focus my blog this month on beetroot – a vegetable that has some fantastic performance enhancing powers that I would recommend to all rugby players.
What’s all the fuss about?
In short, a fair bit! There is a host of research available suggesting that the compounds found naturally in beetroot, called Nitrates, have shown to increase blood flow to muscles by increasing vasodilation (widening of blood vessels bought about by smooth muscle in arteries relaxing) of cells, meaning that more blood can get to them. As we all know, blood carries oxygen around your body, so put simply:
More oxygen to your muscles = Increased time to fatigue = Increased performance
Potential to Enhance Recovery?
I caught up with a mate of mine recently (who is also a performance nutritionist) for a bite to eat and we got on to talking about nitrates as a potential aid for recovery.
Nitrates increase blood flow to muscles (which in itself would benefit recovery) but increased blood flow to a muscle = increased nutrients within your blood reaching the tissues (i.e. muscle), which would aid recovery. So the theory is there for beetroot to be used for post-exercise recovery .
However, I must stress that this is just a theory of ours and I am not aware of any research carried out that validate that nitrates impact on exercise recovery (probably due to the fact that to measure this effectively it would be incredibly invasive and difficult to quantify).
Now, beetroot is not just for the rugby player at the height of their career that want to fly around the pitch at 100mph.
For the more ‘seasoned’ campaigner, the vasodilatory powers of Nitrates can actually help benefit a number of other ways. For example, by increasing your nitrate intake and relaxing the muscles in your arteries, research suggests that you can actually lower blood pressure since the blood is being met with less resistance in your arteries. So for those of you that suffer from heart problems or high blood pressure, it wouldn’t hurt to add a little beetroot to your diet!
Where can I get Nitrates?
This one is pretty straight forward – you can get it from beetroot or beetroot juice, which is commonly available at the local supermarket. If you want to go down the supplement route, Nitric Oxide is available from most supplement manufacturers, which acts in the same way.
How do I cook beetroot?
You can roast it, boil it, steam it, juice it or stir-fry it – or simply buy them pre-cooked and throw them in to a salad – easy!
I’ve attached a few videos with recipe ideas below (please note that some of the commentary isn’t backed up by my research – just focus on the cooking methods and NOTHING ELSE), including a chocolate & beetroot cake one. I have no idea if it is the same recipe my friend used, but I’m sure it will be good either way!
Overall, beetroot is a food that is often over-looked, but is a great source of nitrates that is proving to be highly useful when it comes to exercise and increasing performance.
Many top-level clubs use beetroot or beetroot juice as a natural way of increasing blood flow to muscles through vasodilation – so why not try adding beetroot to your weekly shopping basket?
The increased oxygen to your muscles may lead to you increasing your performance!
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Covid Update, Resources Reference & Recommendations by W.C.H.D.
The Washington County Health Department continues to recommend vaccination as one of the best weapons to fight Covid. The majority of people who are vaccinated do not become positive with Covid, and those who do, usually do not fall seriously ill.
There are exceptions, but for the majority of people, this vaccine works.
The Washington County Health Department continues to give both Pfizer and Moderna, Monday thru Friday. The vaccine is also available at the Washington County Memorial Hospital health clinics and Great Mines Health Center. Many pharmacies are equipped to give the vaccine as well.
If you are unable to make it to a vaccination site, many times the Washington County Ambulance District can schedule a home visit and bring the vaccine to you.
Some agencies may bill your insurance for an injection fee or office visit, but you should never be charged out of pocket for the vaccine itself.
As sickness and deaths continue to rise in Washington County, we hope you will consider the vaccine. If you have had the vaccine and it has been 6 months, consider a booster dose.
Please stay home if you are ill. Take precautions and practice good hygiene. Even if you feel okay, and are generally healthy, if you go out while contagious, you are putting others at risk.
This is an ever-changing situation with testing challenges and resource shortages. It can be frustrating and even scary. Please don’t hesitate to call your healthcare provider or one of the nurses at the Washington County Health Department if you have questions or need help finding vaccine or treatment. Washington County Health Department, 520 Purcell Drive, Potosi, Mo.; 573-438-2164.
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Yeah! Just when you thought all the good conspiracy theories were taken, here comes a new one. According to the interweb, NASA is either intentionally blocking out portions of the image below, or there is a non-natural structure on the surface of Mercury.
Can you see it? Just to the right of Victoria Rupes Cliffs you should be able to an “unnatural” anomaly. Here’s a close up for you.
The image was taken by U.S. space probe MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging), American automatic interplanetary station (AWS) for the study of Mercury. This image is a portion of the MDIS global mosaic basemap that was acquired during MESSENGER’s first year in orbit.
The theorist point out that nature never creates straight lines. Well, not exactly. Nature does have a lot of straight lines, especially when discussing light direction and crystalline faces. Also, slate is a rock that has straight lines due to its crystalline structure. A monocot plant has veins that form straight and parallel lines.
So, there are straight lines in nature. Then, the next obvious theory is that the image has been altered. But if you take a closer look, the little rectangle isn’t really all that regular. The lower right corner is off square (so to speak). Most redactions don’t have squiggly lines in them.
So, will any logic apply? Of course not! It wouldn’t be a good conspiracy theory without basely facts to rely on.
– Ex astris, scientia –
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Russia and the US have strengthened their forces in northeastern Syria over the past few days. Russian military reinforcements arrived in Hassakeh via the Qamishli Airport, and US military reinforcements arrived through the al-Walid crossing from Iraq.
Most of northern and eastern Syria is under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which are mainly supported by the US-led International Coalition. The regime also shares control of Hassakeh with the SDF as well as two military sectors and the Qamishli airport. Last October, it began widening its spread over the areas facing the region under the control of the Turkish forces and the Syrian National Army in Ras al-Ayn and Tel Abyad.
The eastern region of Syria has witnessed a number of incidents and clashes between US and Russian forces, who have been patrolling eastern Syria as of late. Last month, four American soldiers were injured in a clash between Russian military vehicles near Derik in northeastern Syria.
Commenting on the reason for the reinforcements, spokesperson for the US Central Command, Bill Urban, said that the US does not seek to clash with any other country in Syria, but will defend the coalition forces if necessary, implicitly alluding to Russia.
Urban stressed that, “these measures and military reinforcements are clear evidence of the determination of the US to defend the coalition forces in the eastern region of Syria.”
Editor-in-Chief of Al-Sharq news website, writer Firas Allawi, said that there are multiple reasons behind the sending of reinforcements by the US and Russia to northeastern Syria, indicating that the frictions that recently occurred between the two parties prompted each of the superpowers to further reinforce their forces in the region in preparation for the possibility of any clash of any type between them.
Allawi explained to Baladi News that the reinforcements by the two parties are not significant. For the US, they only consist of six Bradley Fighting Vehicles and a 100 fighters, merely a precautionary increase in anticipation of any tension or friction with the Russians.
He pointed out that the Russians are trying to increase their forces in northeastern Syria, as part of Moscow’s policy to restore order in the region, which is also a part of a rapprochement attempt with SDF, all the while trying to gain power over areas under US control, pointing out that the statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, about the cessation of fighting between the regime and the opposition means that Russia will move to the eastern Euphrates region, which Lavrov said the regime does not control.
He pointed out that the US reinforcements aim to fill a void in the region, especially with the withdrawal of forces from Iraq, which means Washington may have plans to build a base in northeastern Syria and thus establish a long-term presence in the region. Add to that the security chaos in the region related to the Iranian presence, the role of the regime, as well as the increasing rejection of SDF forces, and the attempts to strategically secure western Iraq.
He stressed that northeastern Syria is a strategic region for Washington, as it is close to Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and the Mediterranean, in addition to the presence of oil fields. There are also political reasons that make the region of interest to the US, mainly related to the impending elections in the US and securing the latter’s position in the region in case of a possible emergency security situation in the elections.
Prior to Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring, US forces had withdrawn from the east of the Euphrates. After the operation was halted by two agreements concluded by Ankara with both Washington and Moscow, Russia started, in October 2019, conducting both joint patrols with Turkish forces and solo patrols in the countryside of Raqqa, Hassakeh, and Aleppo, in accordance with the Sochi agreement that put an end to Operation Peace Spring in the eastern Euphrates.
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The first and most important thing of all is to take control of your life so that you can take your mind off of your life and back to it, because that is what will give you the most joy and satisfaction from it.
This is why most of us are so drawn to art and photography. Because it takes control of your life and your mind.
The reason for this is because we want to learn things about our lives, but we don’t actually want to learn them. We want to know that we were here. We want to know that we are alive. We want to know that we can do a thing. So, for example, I have to take my mind off of my life and start looking at this stuff I started with a brush. This means I have to start taking control of my life.
I think art is one of those things we take far too seriously, where we are convinced that if we just paint the world in a certain way, we will get the perfect art. But, as it turns out, we have no idea how to paint. The only thing we really do is try to paint on a canvas.
That’s right. I think the most important thing about art is that it is just a process, something that we can do over and over again. It is something that can eventually become a skill. At least, that’s the belief of a lot of artists who do it because they want to.
The term “painting” has a variety of meanings. It can be the act of making a picture or drawing a picture. It can also be the act of painting a picture. Either way, the act of painting is a very personal one. For some people painting is a way of expressing one’s emotions or thoughts. For others it is a way of communicating one’s thoughts or feelings.
The act of painting can be a very personal one for certain artists, but for many others painting is an extension of their self-esteem.
The act of painting can be a very personal one for certain artists, but for many others it is an extension of their self-esteem. Some people are very aware of their own capabilities and are able to paint their entire character. Others are not so aware or are able to paint only a part of their image. Some people take painting as a way to express their self-image, and others take it as a way to express their self-esteem.
There are many types of artists. Some are quite introverted and can’t paint at all. These are the artists who need to be convinced that they can paint their entire character. These people are called “convinced” artists. These are the artists that have a great deal of self-esteem or self-confidence, but can’t paint because they don’t have a “perfect” image in their head. They know they can paint their character and they can’t.
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How To Practice Self-Love When You Have Low Self-Esteem
When you are struggling with low self-esteem, practicing self-love may seem like an impossible feat. Fortunately, there is a way out of this dead-end.
As someone dedicated to helping people improve their wellbeing and catalyze their growth, a question often on my mind is: how do you encourage someone to change? The short answer is that people only change when they’re ready. But this leads to another question: when are people ready to change?
Within all self-help guidance there’s a potential trap. To make genuine, lasting change, you have to feel worthy of the benefits. But when you have low self-esteem, the only way to build worth is through direct action. This paradox illustrates one of the greatest struggles in development — how do you practice self-love when you have low self-esteem?
Fortunately, there is a way out of this seeming dead-end. In this article, I’ll guide you through a few ways to navigate the journey of self-love. I’ll highlight a few ways you might get stuck, and the best way to improve self-esteem, worthiness, and the most important relationship in your life… the relationship with you.
What is self-esteem?
Self-esteem is associated with the way you view yourself. Our self-image is molded through life experiences and often heavily shaped during childhood. If we develop healthy self-esteem, we feel content in our own skin, confident in our abilities, and are able to meet life’s challenges in a resourceful way. Too high self-esteem can be damaging, though, leading to overconfidence in our abilities and a lack of willingness to explore our flaws.
Self-esteem is a spectrum. Signs of low self-esteem include a lack of confidence, harsh judgments about your ability, and a poor sense of self-worth. It can be a struggle to accept any compliments or comments on your finer qualities. Although we all feel a little insecure at times, self-esteem becomes an issue when it interferes with day-to-day life.
In Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, esteem is near the top of the pyramid, just below self-actualization. In Maslow’s theory, esteem plays an important role in thriving as a human. He separated esteem into two categories — esteem for oneself and the desire for respect from others.
Because of the link between our self-image and our perception of others, self-esteem is usually a product of comparison. People with low self-esteem are more likely to compare themselves poorly to others, leading to a spiral of low self-worth.
How to improve your self-esteem
There is a catch — self-esteem is linked to our achievements, abilities, and often our life situation. Studies have shown negative life experiences can have a knock-on effect on how someone views themselves, with self-esteem fluctuating throughout the course of a single day. Combine this with the understanding self-esteem can be too high, it appears improving self-esteem might not be the most efficient course of action.
That’s not to say healthy levels of self-esteem aren’t desirable. But the lengths people go to boost their self-esteem is a slippery slope. You might end up on a treadmill of self-improvement, always looking for ways to “improve.” Your subconscious motivation can be the belief that once you become a certain way, then you become lovable.
Having been involved in self-development for over a decade, I see this is a lot. People push themselves to improve, learning new skills, reading all the books, taking courses. Without realizing it, they’re running away from themselves. The underpinning belief is “I am not worthy.” This is where self-love comes in.
What is self-love?
A key distinction between self-esteem and self-love also highlights why improving self-esteem isn’t necessarily going to get the best results. Self-esteem is a perception — you witness yourself and perceive yourself to be good or bad, worthy or not worthy, for example. It’s a judgment of value. Self-love, on the other hand, is a relationship. It defines how you relate to yourself. This is a crucial difference.
Naturally, if you are relating to yourself in a loving way, your view of yourself will improve as a byproduct. But there’s another potential trap (these are everywhere!) when you explore how to practice self-love. How do you go from feeling unworthy and potentially unlovable to developing a loving relationship with yourself? Isn’t this impossible?
To a degree, yes. That’s why in my courses I advocate self-acceptance as a starting point. Remember the image of someone learning all the new self-improvement tips under the sun, in order to become lovable? What if this same person were to accept themselves, embrace all of their flaws, weaknesses, and finer qualities? Well, then the magic happens. Self-acceptance is the bridge to self-love.
How to practice self-love
Imagine you are in a room with someone you don’t like. This is a person you’ve had a poor relationship with over a long period of time. If I asked you to love this person, do you think it’d be effective? Compare that to another approach. What if I said to you: “I’d like you to try your best to find compassion for this person — to see them fully, acknowledge they have flaws as we all do as imperfect beings. Over time, I’d like you to try to become more accepting of this person.
“There’s no pressure to love them. But I’d still like you to be kind to this person. I would like you to be more tolerant, more caring. To take little steps to build a bridge between you. To see that they aren’t all bad or all good, and they, like everyone else, deserve forgiveness.”
How does that feel? This summarizes the path of self-love. It begins with acceptance. It’s enacted through compassion and acts of kindness. And over time, self-love slowly builds. All the while, due to this nurturing relationship, your self-esteem reaches a healthy level, without any direct work.
To return to my opening question, perhaps we have an answer. How do you get someone to change? Begin by encouraging them to accept who they are, in this very moment, right here, right now.
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- After Years of Trauma, This Is What Choosing Myself Looks Like Every Day
- I Realized My Relationship With My Mother Was Actually Toxic And Learned to Parent Myself
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| July 2014: Tips, eNews & More!
Hope you had a great Canada Day long weekend!
With summer in full swing, more and more people are taking advantage of all the farmers' markets popping up around their communities.
Shopping at farmers' markets gives you a great opportunity to really connect with the food you buy and to learn about where it comes from
and who produces it. It's also a great way to teach kids about food, the importance of eating whole foods and cooking from scratch.
Other advantages of buying at Farmers' Markets include:
When you're not out picking up fresh meat and produce, be sure to wear plenty of sunscreen, stay hydrated and stay cool as best you can!
- Supporting local farmers and small business owners
- Enjoying healthier and more sustainable locally grown food
- Creating an excellent opportunity to communicate with those who grow or create the foods that you eat. It helps to build community in your city or neighborhood.
- Fruits and vegetables are fresher, and therefore, taste better.
- It's outside! What can be more satisfying than enjoying fresh air and sunshine while you shop for ingredients to make something
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Delhi on Tuesday registered 1,101 new coronavirus cases – its highest one-day count this year. The Capital’s overall tally rose to 6,49,973. Four more deaths took its toll to 10,967. The government banned public celebration of Holi and Navratri amid the rise in cases, ANI reported.
The last time the Capital registered more than 1,100 cases was on December 19, when its one-day tally was 1,139, NDTV reported.
The Capital’s count of active cases stood at 4,411 and the number of recoveries reached 6,34,595.
The Delhi government also said that it will begin random testing of passengers at airports, inter-state bus terminals and railway stations. It directed officials to ensure that the guidelines were strictly followed.
Several states in India are stepping up precautions amid the surge in coronavirus cases. Earlier on Tuesday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation also banned Holi celebrations in public and private spaces.
Meanwhile, the Centre, in its new coronavirus-related guidelines, said that the states can impose local restrictions based on their assessment of the situation. The Union government also directed the states to strictly enforce the “test- track-treat protocol” and ensure that Covid-appropriate behaviour is followed.
The Union government also announced that people above the age of 45 will be eligible to receive the vaccine from April 1. The country is currently vaccinating people above 60, and those who are 45 or more and suffering from certain medical conditions.
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– Christine Gelley, Agriculture and Natural Resources Educator, Noble County OSU Extension
The time has come for Canada thistle flowers to line the roadways and begin to bud in pastures and hayfields. The lavender-colored aggregate flowers that develop into fluffy seed are one of the most distinguishing characteristics of the plant. They are easy to find blooming from June through August. If it wasn’t such an unpleasant plant to encounter, I might call it pretty. It isn’t poisonous, thank goodness, but it certainly is troublesome. Some animals will tolerate it while grazing, but most will avoid it while it is growing or sort it out of a hay bale.
Its common name may give the impression that the plant is native to North America, but alas, it is not. It is actually native to Eurasia and was probably introduced here during colonial times in ship ballast. In its home range it is commonly known as “creeping thistle”. It was labeled with the name “Canada thistle” by New Englanders who blamed its introduction on French tradesmen from Canada. Whatever you choose to call the plant, it is a noxious weed in many countries worldwide, along with the State of Ohio. Because of this status in Ohio, it is every landowners’ legal responsibility to work to control Canada thistle.
There are multiple reasons why controlling Canada thistle is a difficult task. It is well adapted to many environments and will even grow unassisted in sand, although clay loam soils are preferred. It spreads easily by creeping underground roots. One plant has the ability to produce thousands of seeds that can be dispersed by wind, water, and wildlife and have the ability to remain viable in the soil for 20 years. It is especially common to find in drained marshy or frequently flooded ground.
If it were easy to control, it wouldn’t be on the noxious weeds list. Due to factors listed above, it will take multiple approaches and seasons to control Canada thistle. Aggressive mowing may be helpful to suppress seedhead development, but it will readily grow back from the creeping root system. Hand pulling or tillage can be helpful, but the roots may lie 3 feet below the surface and spread laterally in extensive networks. It is responsive to some systemic herbicides, but it is also developing resistance to many “go-to” options. Grazing may be a possibility if you train animals to consume it or find one that seems to enjoy the plant (yes, I have heard they exist).
I suggest trying some of everything if you have a Canada thistle problem. Strategic defoliation in combination with well-timed herbicide application may work best for perennial grassland ecosystems. Herbicides that provide good to excellent control on Canada thistle include: glyphosate, dicamba, 2,4-D, clopyralid, and aminopyralid and combination mixes of these ingredients. Appropriate timing and rates for application depend on the conditions of the site, the time of year, and the surrounding desirable vegetation. Always follow the instructions on the herbicide label. For assistance finding the best selection for your situation, contact your local ANR Educator to discuss the options that will address both Canada thistle and other problematic weeds that are prevalent on your property. | <urn:uuid:0ff7c427-1c05-4180-8f52-7d95fcff6549> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://u.osu.edu/beef/2022/06/22/relentless-canada-thistle/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.956619 | 684 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Coffee Consumption Helps Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Recent studies published by the Journal of Hepatology indicate the benefits of coffee consumption for improving non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The Rotterdam study found drinking 3 or more cups of coffee is associated with lower liver stiffness (fibrosis) in the general population.
The Mayo Clinic states, “In studies of people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, those who reported drinking coffee had less liver damage than those who drank little or no coffee.”
The good news is drinking coffee is shown to help liver disease patients. A healthy step to take control of high blood sugar and reduce processed chemicals needs to be kept in mind when consuming coffee.
Recommendations are to shy away from sugar, sugar substitutes, and processed creamers.
Vitamin E Benefits for Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Mayo Clinic states, “In theory, vitamin E and other vitamins called antioxidants, could help protect the liver by reducing the damage caused by inflammation. But more research is needed.
Evidence suggests that vitamin E supplements may be helpful for people with liver damage caused by non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. But a warning is stated that vitamin E has been linked with increased risk of death and, in men, an increased risk of prostate cancer.”
Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin and therefore can be harmful if taken too much. The daily recommendation for Vitamin E for an adult is 60 to 75 units per day on average. Consult with your doctor or pharmacist for the amount that is right for you.
If you take vitamin E for its antioxidant properties, keep in mind that the supplement might not offer the same benefits as naturally occurring antioxidants in food.
Vitamin E can also be found in dietary sources like green leafy vegetables, whole grains, fortified cereals, and vegetable oils, and nuts. You can also get vitamin E from meats, dairy, leafy greens, and fortified cereals. A healthy diet of non processed foods and natural sources is recommended. A healthy diet benefits the body and helps fight many disease conditions.
Be sure to consult with your physician before taking any vitamins or supplements.
Overall studies have found the best help for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is to lose weight and exercise.
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The laws in Wisconsin governing drinking and driving are strict and convictions carry with them the potential for very serious consequences. Penalties for underage drunk driving can also be harsh and include fines, driver’s license suspension and more. It can be important for people under the age of 21 to learn what these laws are before they are in challenging situations related to driving while intoxicated or in possession of alcohol.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, the state has what is called an Absolute Sobriety law which means a minor can be arrested for drunk driving for having any amount of alcohol in the blood at all. This is in contrast to drivers age 21 or older who can only be arrested if their BAC level is greater than 0.08 percent. These arrests carry with them fines of $200, three month license suspensions and four license demerit points. If passengers under the age of 16 are in vehicles at the time, the penalties can double.
Penalties for illegally procuring alcohol and for possessing or consuming it among drivers under 21 include:
- A first offense of procuring alcohol or misrepresenting age can result in fines up to $500 and license suspensions up to 90 days.
- A first offense of alcohol possession or consumption can result in fines up to $200 with license suspensions up to 90 days.
- A second offense for either of these offenses within a year can increase license suspension periods to one year and may also increase fines.
- A third offense for either of these offenses within a year can increase license suspension periods to two years and may also increase fines.
Drivers convicted of any of these charges may also be required to participate in a supervised work program and attend alcohol programs. Additional fines and increase license suspension periods can also be experienced if drivers have alcohol in their cars when stopped by police.
Drunk driving charges can prove difficult for drivers but may be especially difficult for young drivers just learning the state’s laws. This information is not intended to provide legal advice but general information regarding underage drunk driving penalties. | <urn:uuid:3208831f-4e03-43c0-aa00-52bb8a6e9aa8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://waukeshacriminaldefense.com/what-are-wisconsins-penalties-for-underage-drunk-driving/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.95214 | 413 | 1.898438 | 2 |
According to the Franchise Market Report, prepared by experts of the Franchising.pl, currently there are 1,310 franchise networks and 83,000 franchisees operating in Poland.
Mature Franchise Market
Franchising is currently one of the most important and stable sectors of the Polish economy.
According to the Franchise Market Report, prepared by experts of the Franchising.pl, currently there are 1,310 franchise networks and 83,000 franchisees operating in Poland. The most popular businesses in the franchise are: in commerce – grocery stores, and in services – gastronomy concepts. Educational concepts are becoming more and more popular. The franchise offer is getting richer and the franchisors are increasingly qualified to support their partners on the path to business success. Thanks to this, running a company under a franchise license is becoming a safer solution. Polish companies dominate the franchise market. Eight out of ten franchises in Poland are domestic brands, under which most (over 85 percent) franchise units operate. Polish franchisors are more and more boldly developing on foreign markets. Out of approx. 150 Polish franchise brands, at least one operates abroad. The strong position of the franchise on the Polish market is also seen on the side of the franchisees. There are currently 83,000 licensing outlets in Poland, most of which are family businesses. The franchise sector is also a major employer. With an average employment of 5-6 people per franchise facility, the total number of employees in franchise facilities exceeded 405,000 people. Together with franchisees and franchisors, over half a million people work on the Polish franchise market.
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How Raw Foods Make You Different
It’s my experience that over a period of several years, raw foods literally make you a different specimen. Just as there are biomarkers of “normal” aging, so, I submit, there are identifiable biomarkers of a healthy long-term raw foodist which you can recognize simply by observing a person who follows a 100% raw or high raw food lifestyle.
Years of observation in numerous yoga studios and during my lecture tours lead me to identify the signs I describe below. My sample is neither scientific, nor is it exhaustive, of course.
Usually, a long term raw food practitioner is very near his or her ideal weight. If you reach a plateau in losing weight, you need another upgrade in diet, moving toward a more simple raw whole foods menu or increasing your physical activity.
A long term raw foodist has a certain youthful grace. He is lithe and limber. “Move like a young person”—a fuzzy concept, but you’ll notice it when you see it. It’s not the same as people in their 40s and 50s who are in relatively great shape “for their age.” There is a fundamental difference you simply can’t fake.
Golden skin tone.
A diet rich in fruits and vegetables gives you a certain golden skin tone—even without sunlight, and better than any lotion or makeup can deliver. A study by Dr. Ian Stephen of the University of Nottingham, published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior, showed that people who eat several portions of fruit and veggies daily show a more golden skin color, thanks to carotenoids.
This change in skin color is most obvious in the palms of the hands and feet, even if you do not eat carrots. Carotenoids are present in most raw plant foods, not necessary orange in color, even in greens. If you regularly drink large amounts of carrot juice your skin tone can reach an almost orange appearance, so personally I stay away from carrot juice.
Sleek face, no puffiness.
Raw foods are low in sodium. In the body, water follows salt. Get rid of that extra salt, and the extra water leaves with it. As a result, you get sleeker contours. And this becomes obvious first in your face.
You’ll see in the long-term raw foodist none of the cloudiness often present in the eyes of “older” people. The eyes seem brighter, more alert, more present in the moment.
Healthy, long fingernails.
Nails are the reflection of your past health history. The body regards fingernails as rather less essential to survival than most of its other parts. Thus the nails are the last in line for nutrients, and get them, in effect, only when there’s a surplus. Genetics might alter this situation a little, but after age forty or so, this factor loses its impact and the foods you eat make all the difference.
Absence of liver spots on the hands.
This is true even for raw foodists over 50. Liver spots are common at middle age and beyond. They occur most often on areas with the greatest sun exposure, especially the backs of hands.The pigmentation is initiated in damaged membrane material within the cells. The formation of age pigment takes place not only on the skin, but also throughout the whole body—liver, heart, skeletal muscles, and adrenal glands. But its build-up is most pronounced in the brain cells. And yes, age-related pigment accumulation is associated with Alzheimer’s. The fact that a long term raw foodist doesn’t have liver spots is an indication he or she is aging at a much lower rate.
You’ll see in many raw foodists a clear, dewy complexion, usually the result of regular juicing. Unfortunately, this sign doesn’t always show itself, even for super-healthy eaters. Why? Old, dry, dull skin cells are not getting sloughed off the surface. Good skin care is essential to see this raw food biomarker shine for you.
No “opposite sex resemblance."
”As men and women age—prematurely, more often than not—and certain hormones become imbalanced or deficient, a strange phenomenon often takes place. Men and women actually begin to strongly resemble the opposite sex. You’ve seen them…women whose broadening bodies and faces take on a vaguely masculine look…and men whose appearance loses its masculine edge, softening to a kind of vaguely feminine look. This, I believe, is one major reason that it’s challenging to find attractiveness in people over forty. They begin to lose those distinguishing feminine and masculine features so prevalent during younger years when hormones are at their peak. The raw food lifestyle is very beneficial for balancing your hormone levels and keeping you attractive.
No need for eyeglasses for up-close reading.
This characteristic is prevalent, but not universal. Obviously, it can only be observed in people over 40. The mainstream opinion is that presbyopia (age-related inability to focus on nearby objects) happens to all and cannot be prevented. We all know people who have never worn glasses and had perfect eyesight, but after age 40, they can no longer read small print. For a good many raw foodists this condition never sets in or is significantly delayed.
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Udaipur: Hindustan Zinc’s Shiksha Sambal Project by now has provided remedial classes in Maths, Science & English to over 60,000 rural & tribal students in Rajasthan
Hindustan Zinc under its Shiksha Sambal Project is organizing 10 Summer Camps in 5 districts of Rajasthan for over 1400 rural & tribal students participating in it who are appearing in 10th & 12th Board Exams this year. To ensure the overall development of these students, this one month camp has begun at Udaipur and 6 business locations of Hindustan Zinc – Zawar, Debari, Chittorgarh, Dariba, Agucha and Kayad. The inauguration program was organized at Vidya Bhawan, Udaipur.
Mrs. Neelima Khetan – Head CSR, HZL was the Chief Guest of the program. During the program, she said “This is a highly competitive world and today, education is very important. Keeping up with competitive spirit along with hard work and passion, students must make the best of this opportunity given to them while focussing on their Goals. Keep working hard and we would be happy to see you grow and fulfil your dreams of becoming Engineers, Doctors and Education Professionals in future”.
The company, under the project focuses on quality education and provides remedial classes to rural students appearing for Rajasthan Board Examination, i.e. students from 10th to 12th classes in 5 districts – Udaipur, Rajsamand, Chittorgarh, Bhilwara and Ajmer. This project in association with Vidya Bhawan Society aims to provide special subject classes like Math, Science-all streams, Political Science, English and Accounts. Currently, the program is reaching out to 7500 students in 64 Government Schools.
The first residential summer camp was organized in 2016 in Udaipur that saw the participation of around 70 rural & tribal students followed by over 200 students attended the program in 2017. This year, in Udaipur, around 265 students actively participated where about 50% of them are girls from villages around all 7 business locations including Pantnagar. In other 7 Camps, there has been participation of more than 1100 rural & tribal students.
These camps organizes sessions on yoga, painting, carpentry, music, dance, finance & accounts and art & crafts facilitating holistic development of students apart from their regular academic curriculum. During the camps, students appearing for 12th Exam this year will be attending classes for Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Match & English and students of 10th class will get the classes for English, Maths & Science. | <urn:uuid:1b10cdeb-6817-4291-af76-59b66c820578> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://indiaeducationdiary.in/hindustan-zinc-shiksha-sambal-project-organizing-10-summer-camps-5-districts-rajasthan/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571982.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813172349-20220813202349-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.950611 | 558 | 1.851563 | 2 |
PHOENIX (ASU PR) — Arizona State University is partnering with Intuitive Machines on a mini extreme mobility lunar vehicle, called Micro-Nova, that will hop around the moon’s surface and take the first-ever pictures inside craters close to the lunar south pole.
On July 16, 2021, NASA awarded the project a $41.6 million “Tipping Point” contract to develop, fly and operate a deployable lunar “hopper lander” on the moon. For this mission design, Micro-Nova can carry a 1-kilogram payload more than 2.5 kilometers to access lunar craters and enable high-resolution surveying of the lunar surface under the flight path.
“Intuitive Machines’ Micro-Nova is our first-ever chance to explore from within a lunar permanently shaded region (PSR),” said the mission science lead Mark Robinson, of ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration. “We will be able to take very high resolution color images near the hopper and black and white images of about half the PSR. What will we see, that is the question!”
Micro-Nova will be equipped to provide high resolution stereo images in areas that are in direct sunlight, which will also enable detailed engineering and science planning for future missions.
“This quick trip into a PSR will provide critical engineering information for designing larger-scale exploration over the next decade,” Robinson said. “And we will gain valuable insight to the distribution and migration of volatiles (water) in the lunar environment.”
The hopper will also measure the temperature of the PSR, which will be very cold. Estimates range from about 40 to 80 Kelvin (-388°F to -316°F). Hopper measurements will provide a test of the current temperature models of these areas, which is critical information for other upcoming missions planned to enter PSRs.
With landing gear, Micro-Nova is about 76.2 centimeters in length, width and height, which is roughly the size of five $1 bills. Intuitive Machines engineers will mount Micro-Nova on a nearly 4-meter Nova-C lander, which is about the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. Nova-C will deliver Micro-Nova to the lunar south pole in December 2022.
“There are world-class scientists at ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration,” said Tim Crain, Intuitive Machines’ chief technology officer and co-founder. “Their knowledge of scientific questions and how to get data to answer those questions on the moon coupled with our understanding of engineering systems and how to put instruments in place to collect that data, it’s really magical.”
About Intuitive Machines
Intuitive Machines’ complete lunar program unlocks the lunar economy to explore the solar system further and gain knowledge for the progress of humanity. As the premier provider of space services and technologies, Intuitive Machines is reestablishing the United States’ dominance on the ultimate high ground, the moon. Designed by the greatest minds in spaceflight, IM’s lunar program will send the first American spacecraft to the surface of the moon since the Apollo program and send the first spacecraft ever to reach the lunar south pole. | <urn:uuid:830e5788-8ad8-41f3-a378-c32c5fb8f42f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://parabolicarc.com/2021/07/22/nasa-funds-hopper-to-explore-lunar-polar-craters/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.900698 | 689 | 2.765625 | 3 |
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One of the most common dilemmas heard from young professionals trying to enter the health education workforce is: I can’t find a health education position without having experience… but I just graduated and I don’t have any! It’s a typical catch-22. Employers want candidates with experience and a recent graduate can’t get that experience without a job first… or can they?
Here are several powerful things to consider, whether you are still in school or have recently graduated, that will help you gain the experience and confidence you need to secure that dream job as a Certified Health Education Specialist.
The Power of an Internship
You definitely will need one or more internships before graduation to help land a great job later on. It is a proven way to gain the much-valued experience required by most sought-after positions. Speak with family, friends, faculty, college advisors, and career counselors in the Career Services Office at your college about what type of internship you want and when and where you want to do it. Make sure that you don’t wait till the spring to start looking, as many internship positions are seeking applicants as early as November of the preceeding year.
Chase Messersmith, CHES®, a Community Health Educator with the nonprofit healthcare organization Community Health Network has this advice to share: “I wish that I had known that I could accept that internship or position that was outside of my comfort zone and different from the typical public health position. There are always ways to incorporate health education into everything that we do and those experiences only serve as an opportunity to grow. Eventually I accepted an internship in the agriculture field. It helped me in so many different ways, including applying communication and finding ways to incorporate health education into the agriculture industry.”
The Power of an Open Mind
We have an idea of the perfect job in our brains, burned there during late-night study sessions and early morning expressos before class, and we just can’t seem to let it go. Yet, you might need to, in order to grow, carve out a place for yourself, and continue taking concrete professional steps forward. That dream job may not arrive on your doorstep nicely wrapped with a big bow on top, but it may just pop up and surprise you when you least expect it.
Says Janesia Robbs, MCHES®, and Health Communication Specialist with the USDA: “My biggest advice for young professionals is to have an open mind and be willing to take on new responsibilities. For me, I never really considered that I would be working with a title like Health Communication Specialist or that there would be a place for me at the Food and Drug Administration, and actually enjoying what I was hired to do! I got to where I am today by saying yes to opportunities that were outside my comfort zone. Health Education Specialists are equipped with many skills that lend themselves very nicely to other job titles. Don’t be narrow when you are looking for career opportunities… open your net a little wider!”
The Power of Extra Effort
To get that dream position, you will need to put in the extra effort in a variety of ways. Janesia tells young professionals “you may have to put yourself out there and say yes to more hours, more effort, or even more learning. Sometimes this means doing more for less pay, such as a volunteer opportunity. Over time, this will net you more experience than many of your counterparts. You never know where doing more made lead you.”
For instance, you might be interested in educating the public about heart disease. There is likely a local American Heart Association in your community or nearby which you can contact and volunteer to do some health fairs, program planning, or patient education. You might not receive payment for this volunteer effort, but you can very definitively show a future employer that you are active in the field and gain experience in planning programs at the same time.
The Power of Invention
If your job search is continually coming up dry, don’t be afraid to consider the term ‘entrepreneur’ or ‘self-employed’ and how they could potentially apply to you. There are many organizations out there that may need the services of a health education specialist, but they don’t necessarily have the budget for offering a full-time position. This is where you can slide into the consulting arena.
Jeana Neu of Neu Funding, a private consulting firm she created in order to specialize in grant writing and funding for non-profits, advises young professionals: “You can invent your own career. You need to be willing to try out different things, and don’t think you need to wait until you graduate to branch out! What you put into your own business, you will certainly get back out. It’s that simple.”
The Power of a Little Marketing
If you nab a promising job interview, when you walk into that room, it’s time to throw down and show your skill set and your self-confidence. Says Janesia Robbs, “I managed to get a valuable interview as a health educator with the Baltimore City Health Department. When they saw that I had my CHES® it gave me that extra push to get that initial interview because they saw on my resume that I had the verified knowledge necessary to fulfill the role.” Certification can really make a difference in an interview; it is a clear way to set yourself apart from other applicants.
For those that may not understand what the CHES® signifies, Jeana Neu, a private consultant, offers this advice: “When I explain what the CHES® means to a client, they certainly can realize the importance of it, that’s for sure. It lets them know I take continuing education very seriously and that the information I reference when I write grants and proposals is the most current.”
The Power of Past Relationships
Stay connected through email, or on LinkedIn and follow up on what is going on with your past contacts, co-workers, professors, or classmates. Your relationships are what will allow you to thrive in this field, and you never know if and when you will cross paths in the future. And, every time you leave a job position, ask for a reference letter right away, don’t wait a year or two down the road when you decide to make a career change. Chase Messersmith advises: “Never stop connecting; there are so many ways within the public health field to expand your horizons that you wouldn’t expect.”
The Power of Staying Current
It is important to get your certification, but then it is equally as important to maintain your level of competency as a practitioner in the field. Certification can also be a path upward, and it shows true commitment to the field. Due to the continuing education requirement of CHES® and MCHES® certification, you will stay up-to-date with evolving methods of practice. NCHEC has hundreds of providers of continuing education, and many are online, AND free. So make sure to take that extra training, or attend that conference, even if it does involve extra work or expense. And when you do find a position, encourage your employer to fund certification and your continuing education opportunities!
Some Parting Advice
According to Deniece Chevannes, MCHES®, and Director of Health Promotion and Evaluation for the non-profit Hemophilia of Georgia, your career goals come down to this: “Learn your craft; and build your skills. It doesn’t matter if you are trying to secure funding, or you’re seeking buy-in from stakeholders, or if you are deciding data collection tools. Learning and developing skills in the 7 Areas of Responsibility has given me such an essential foundation to be an impactful health educator.” | <urn:uuid:a4179bb4-0cd0-4b7e-a695-72a23595bb70> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.nchec.org/news/posts/how-to-find-a-health-education-job-career-advice-for-from-professionals- | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.962399 | 1,634 | 1.804688 | 2 |
Amethyst rings buying guide by Suma
by Suma shreyas
Amethyst is belived to give strength to people struggling with an addiction to drugs or intoxication. Amethyst comes from greek and means ” not drunken”, this was perhaps because of the belief that it wards off the ill- effects of intoxication.
Amethyst- This regal and beautiful stone in all its purple glory claims to have a healing power . There are people who swear by its unique power of blessing them with a sense of peace, spirituallity, pychic intuition after wearing them. It is also said to give strength to people struggling with an addiction to drugs or intoxication. Amethyst comes from greek and means ” not drunken”, this was perhaps because of the belief that it wards off the ill- effects of intoxication. It was even advised to drink out of a chalise made out of Amethyst so that one does not get addicted to alcohal.
There is also an interesting legend that the Greek God of intoxication Dioysius was insulted by a mere mortal, swore revenge on the next mortal to cross his path and created fierce tigers for this purpose. A beautiful young maiden Amethyst came unsuspecing of the horror ahead to pay her respect to Goddess Diana . Diana turned her into a crystalline statue to protect her fron the ferocious tigers and the Gods tears stained the purple crystal form to creat the precious stone Amethyst as it is known today.Amethyst is the birth-stone for Pisceans, Aquarians and Saggitarians. It is also the gem used particularly in the 4th and 6th marriage anniversary. Its rich purple color has always attracted high and mighty and Amethyst has always been a popular gem throughout history. Amethyst figures prominently in British crown jewels and even the Egyptian royal jewellery. It can also be seen widely used in victorian jewellery, which looks outstanding set with diamonds.
Amethyst is also said to promote celibacy, hence was used in church valuables and the holy men of church widely wore amethyst. Buddhist rosary was also made of Amethyst as it was cosidered sacred. It is a very ideal stone for rings and is available in shades of purple, lilac and mauve. So there, one has so many reasons to lure you to this enchanting purple gem- Amethyst apart from it being a beautiful stone by itself.
Amethyst is a Purple coloured crystalline variety of the silican mineral called Quartz. The presence of manganese gives the color purple. However since it is capable of being altered and and even discharged by heat, the color has been referred by some authrities as organic. It is available in various shades of purple depending upon the place from where it comes from.They are usually found in prismatic crystalline form growing on rocks or other exteriors like trees, volcanic rocks. They are found in Mexico, Canada, USA, Africa, Australia, etc. Amethyst is also the mineral emblem of Ontorio in Canada. Itis also the “US State Gemstone ” of South Carolina.
The paler shades of Amethyst is called “Rose de France”.Amethyst can be cleaned with warm soap water using a soft bristled brush. Amethyst is usually cut in a brilliant round cut to bring out its rich colour in all its glory and to sometimes hide the unequal distribution of color. It has a hardness of 7. On being exposed to heat gem turns yellowish.
Deep purple is considered to be most valuable especially with rose flashes. Amethyst is found in various calibrated sizes and shapes. If it were not so abundantly available it would have been an expensive gem.
So wide spread is the faith in its healing power that people all over the world believe that it exudes health and protects its wearer from over-indulgence. It’s rich color, lustre and hardness has made it such a popular gem throughout ages. | <urn:uuid:2878588d-3e9c-451f-80cd-c94c32b89aa6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.jewelinfo4u.com/amethyst-rings-buying-guide-by-suma-2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.973762 | 816 | 1.773438 | 2 |
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The funny thing about growing your own produce is that suddenly the October-November obsession with pumpkins and squash makes sense. North America is overflowing with them.
How best to eat squash? Hard to choose. But if you’d like addictive Spiced Squash for supper, read on for step-by-step instructions:
Photography by Marie Viljoen for Gardenista.
Above: It’s only when you have watched your own crop mature from tender green pinpricks, through the endless days of summer, into the solid handful that you cut from its yellowing stalk, that you really appreciate this reward at the close of the growing season.
Above: It took an impulse buy from a seed catalog to turn my own container gardening mind to thoughts of autumn’s super-fruit. I had bought miniature watermelon seeds, harvested perfect little watermelons in summer, and suddenly realized that if this was possible, so were pumpkins. Or in my case, squash posing as pumpkins. Pots do have their limits.
Above: Enter the Gold Nugget Squash (I bought mine from Botanical Interests, along with a gang of summer squash seeds, for kicks). After planting late in May, I picked the first perfect, 1-pound squash in October. Under its tough skin was a beautiful layer of green. I roasted that first one without peeling, in thin slices that we ate entire, skin and all. Nutty, sweet. More followed.
Above: Plant your own squash seeds beyond all reach of cold nights (which will stunt the plants’ growth), and keep them in full sun. Their pots should be relatively roomy, at 16 and 18 inches or more diameter and at least as deep. Sow three seeds per pot and thin out to the strongest plant over the next weeks.
Above: As the season stretches and the plants’ enormous, prickly leaves develop, their watering needs will increase. When the top quarter-inch of soil is dry, soak thoroughly (allow water to run from the drainage holes). Harvest when the fruits are plump and stalks are beginning to wizen.
Above: What follows? These are the months of roasted squash with pinches of brown sugar and squeezes of lemon; soup laced with reduced orange juice, spiked with toasted coriander, and topped with crisp sage leaves; puréed squash sweetened with trails of maple syrup and kept in check with fresh lime juice, and of bourbon cheesecake swirled with cinnamon.
Above: Growing up in South Africa, we often served squash and pumpkin as a sweetened side dish with Sunday lunch. They also typically accompany farm-style dishes: think roast lamb, slow-cooked venison, and chicken pies. To satisfy my craving for this comfort food, I developed a riff on a Turkish dessert, with cubes of pumpkin poached very slowly in sugared water till silky-soft, but still retaining their shape. I head off pure sweetness, veering away from dessert by adding a sour element and a spice combination that turns a tooth-aching candy into a more complex side dish. And yes, it does go very well with turkey, especially if you send the bird into the oven with pomegranate molasses and sumac. It’s also wonderful stirred into a risotto (though it will lose its shape, of course). This very plateful pictured, I just wolfed, all on my own. You’ll see why. Try and eat just one piece.
There is no oil in this recipe. The squash is so soft and satisfying that nothing more is required for richness.
- 1 pound peeled and cubed Gold Nugget squash (or butternut, or pumpkin)
- 1 cup water
- 2 ounces brown sugar
- 1 fresh lime leaf (or 1 dried Persian lime, or a piece of lime zest 2 inches long)
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- Large pinch ground cumin (less than 1/4 teaspoon)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground sumac
In a saucepan that can accommodate the squash in a single layer, bring the squash, sugar, and water to a boil, with the lime or lemon leaf. Lower the heat and continue cooking very sedately for from 20 to 30 minutes, or until the water has almost evaporated. Shake the pan gently every now and then to prevent the squash from sticking to the bottom.
When the liquid starts to turn syrupy, add the lime juice, the large pinch of cumin, and the sumac. Shake the pan gently again and tilt to spoon the juices over the squash pieces. Season with salt and pepper, and taste. Cook some more until all the liquid disappears, taking care not to scorch.
Transfer the squash to a serving dish (use a spatula, so the squash is not…squashed– it is very soft). Eat at once.
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Circuito backplane PCB personalizzato a 16 strati
- Strati: 2-58L
- Materiale di base: FR4
- Spessore della scheda: 0,2 mm ~ 10,0 mm
- Spessore del rame: 17um ~ 420um
- Dimensione min. Foro: 0,15 mm
- Finitura superficiale: LF-HAL, ENIG
- Certificato: UL, ISO, ROHS
- Pacchetto: Imballaggio sotto vuoto
Entro 3 ~ 7 giorni.
The term “PCB Backplane Circuit Board” generally refers to a larger format printed circuit board. They are the backbone that connects multiple PCBs together to ultimately form a computer bus. Typically, they do not contain active components; rather, they serve as a connection center between active duty PCBs. Backplane PCBs often incorporate a wide variety of features including blind / buried vias, high-speed / high-signal integrity materials, back drilling, and controlled impedance.
PCB Backplane Board Application
Generally used as a backbone within a system such as control panels for industrial, computing, military use. They provide greater reliability in connecting multiple PCBs due to their static nature, as opposed to cables that need to be flexed every time a card is removed, thereby reducing the life of that component/connection.
PCB Backplane Circuit Board Testing
Visual Inspection: In this test, components on the backplane are checked individually for correct placement. It also includes checking solder joints and component orientation.
Electrical Tests: This test checks the connections by sending an electrical current through the pins and traces on the board. It has two major areas to test:
- Continuity or open circuit which means there is a connection between the pins.
- Isolation or short which means there is a space between the pins to make sure that there is no connection.
The electrical test provides confirmation in two terms, i.e, ‘Continuity’ if a connection exists between the test points and ‘Short’ if doesn’t. This test is important because unwanted connections can cause interference on the board and cause malfunctions.
Functional Test: To check how the circuitry will work after integrating with the final device or application intended.
Signal Integrity Analysis and Simulation: Due to the higher speed signal formed in the base plate. To analyze such signals, network analyzers can play a role in both time and frequency domain measurements.
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|Materiale di base||FR4, Aluminium, High Tg, Halogen-free, Rogers|
|Spessore della tavola||0.2mm~10.0mm|
|Spessore del rame||17um-420um|
|Dimensione minima del foro||0,15 mm|
|Plug Hole Size||0.2mm~0.6mm|
|Hole Dim. Tolerance(PTH)||±0.05mm|
|Finitura superficiale||LF-HAL, ENIG, ImAg, ImSn, OSP, Gold plating, ENIG+OSP, HAL+G/F|
|Servizio di test||AOI/Solder Paste Testing/Function|
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We supply customized plastic or metal housing/enclosure for your PCBA products.
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In a television debate about the coronavirus crisis held Sunday night by broadcaster HUMAN, Letschert highlighted the potential ‘collapse’ of Dutch universities. Although she had no opportunity to go into further detail at the time, she is happy to explain her views.
What do you mean by collapse?
“The 14 Dutch universities have some reserves and are unlikely to go bankrupt any time soon. But if students continue to stay away from campus for a long time, that will have an impact both on universities and local economies.”
Let’s start with the universities themselves. What consequences will the crisis have for them?
“What all of the debates seem to overlook is that we not only provide education, but also conduct research. For example, all of the research involving human test subjects in laboratories has now been halted: how long will that last? You also need to consider all of the research projects funded by business: what will happen if that contract funding temporarily disappears?”
“I think we can probably hold out for two years,
but perhaps I’m being too optimistic”
Will there be compulsory redundancies?
“I don’t have a crystal ball, but if student intake falls and the crisis persists, we’ll start to feel it in our pockets. We’ll be teaching less and won’t be able to do as much research. I think we can probably hold out for two years, but perhaps I’m being too optimistic.
Universities will have less work for temporary researchers and lecturers. Their contracts will not be renewed and they may struggle to find employment at other institutions. That’s not compulsory redundancy, but actually just as bad.”
Education Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven saw no reason to support academics on temporary contracts, telling the House of Representatives that universities had the option of offering more permanent jobs.
“That’s slightly naïve, if I may be so bold. I’d give everyone a permanent contract, but that’s unrealistic. Even when things are normal, it’s not possible and certainly not now. Not even for postdocs in crucial phases of their research, although we are exploring options for how we can help doctoral students and postdocs to complete their research.”
And what impact will there be on local economies?
“Imagine if cafés, restaurants and cinemas are able to gradually reopen from September and we tell the students: don’t come – we want you to continue your studies online. It just won’t work. Many students will stay away or continue living with their parents and, ultimately, everyone in the city will feel an impact. If we keep the university restaurants closed and give fewer contracts to local businesses, some suppliers could also fall by the wayside. We need to exercise extreme caution in making any decisions about online education for the next academic year.”
Who will have to make that decision?
“Moving forward, the government will need to look further ahead than just three weeks. Otherwise, there’s a risk that different sectors will start anticipating events, making independent decisions that have an influence on many others. Currently, the government is leaving decisions about education almost completely to university managers. The Outbreak Management Team should be carefully considering all the consequences, in an interdisciplinary group.”
Will there really be fewer students who come?
“It's not been reflected in the applications as yet, but we will only know for sure in September. One key factor in this will be clear communication to students about what they can expect in the next academic year.”
Leiden University is assuming that education will be mainly online until February.
“That’s the most difficult decision we face. Decisions on the binding recommendations on continuation of studies (BSA) and the admission of students to Master’s programmes actually went reasonably smoothly. But this is a real puzzle that has an impact on lots of people.
For students’ personal development, spending time together in a student city really matters. It’s just as important as attending classes. We should not automatically adopt a stricter approach than government. There is even the question of whether it is legally permissible: our degree programmes have not been accredited as distance learning, which is only allowed in emergencies. For that reason alone, I don’t think you can just say: let’s do everything online.”
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Sugary beverages consumed while breastfeeding affect cognitive development in children
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
06/10/2020 - Medical Xpress
A diet high in sugar during adulthood is associated with weight gain, and has also been linked to risk of type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, and heart disease. New research shows that when consumed by moms during the breastfeeding period, a high sugar diet can also impact developmental outcomes during infancy.
Michael I. Goran, Ph.D., Program Director for Diabetes and Obesity at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, has studied how sugar can impact family health. His previous research has shown that moms who consume sugary beverages and juices in the months after giving birth are at risk for weight gain, and may also expose their newborns to these added sugars through breast milk. A new study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reveals that consuming these beverages during the breastfeeding period may also lead to poorer cognitive development in children nearly two years later.
The participants were 88 mothers who reported sugary beverages and juices consumed per day during the first month of breastfeeding. Their children were assessed using the Bayley-III Scales of Infant Development at 2 years old. Moms who reported greater consumption of sugary beverages and juices had children with poorer cognitive development scores. The researchers speculated that added sugar from the mom's diet was passed to their infant through breast milk, and this exposure could conceivably interfere with brain development.
"Breastfeeding can have so many benefits," says Dr. Goran, "but we're seeing that breast milk is influenced by what moms eat and drink even more than we realized." He says that limiting added sugars, found in beverages such as soft drinks, may have benefits not only for moms, but also for babies. "Moms may not realize that what they eat and drink during breastfeeding may influence their infant's development down the road, but that's what our results indicate."
"Ultimately, we want babies to receive the best quality nutrition," says Paige K. Berger, Ph.D., RD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and first author of the study. "Our findings may be used to guide future nutrition recommendations for moms during breastfeeding, to better ensure that babies are getting the right building blocks for cognitive development." | <urn:uuid:038d3240-a005-4e14-83fc-351e13d4d6c2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.fabresearch.org/viewItem.php?id=14581 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.973503 | 458 | 3.0625 | 3 |
MEMORISE:– Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. Psalms 116:5
READ: James 1:13-15 Open Heaven 19 December 2021
13. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
14. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 17:1-27, Jeremiah 18:1-23, Jeremiah 19:1-15, Jeremiah 20:1-18, Jeremiah 21:1-14
MESSAGE: – Open Heaven 19 December 2021 Sunday Daily Devotional
Today’s Bible reading clears the erroneous assumption that God experiments with temptations on His children. God does no evil, therefore, if you are His child and are going through temptations, you need to look inward.
We are comforted by Gods promises that He will help His children in the face of temptations. For example, 1 Peter 5:10 says: “But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.”
Beloved, it is grace that saves us from the condemnation of lust, which lures people into diverse temptations. This is why the Bible encourages us to be sober.
A life of flamboyance brings snares and temptations. The story of David and Bathsheba is a classic example. David stayed back in his palace at a time when kings usually went forth to battle, thus, he beheld what he should not have a very beautiful woman bathing (2 Samuel 11:1-5).
This same David asked in Psalms 13:1 How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? … God is not forgetful. If like David, you too have been dragged into sin, God is able to forgive you if you confess and repent (Proverbs 28:13).
Until you do so, it may seem as if God may have forgotten you, but that is not the case. It could be assumed that the sincere cry of the Psalmist to God and his self-examination brought back the reality of God’s love to him.
He trusted the mercy of God when he repented and his testimony was: “I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.” “Psalm 13:6”
I can assure you that God has not forgotten you. If you have erred from the narrow path, He may simply be waiting for you to come back to Him. You have to come in genuine repentance and embrace His love, through His Son Jesus Christ.
When you do this today, you will see how near the Almighty God is to you, and how concerned He is about your wellbeing.
KEY POINT: – Open Heaven 19 December 2021
Father, forgive my foolishness for every time I thought You had forgotten me. Help me Lord, to remove every barrier of sin that may have separated me from Your love, in Jesus name.
Open Heaven 19 December 2021 Hymn
HYMN: ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME
1. Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee!
Let the water and the blood,
From Thy riven side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure;
Cleanse me from its guilt and power.
2. Not the labours of my hands,
Can fulfill Thy law’s demands;
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears for ever flow,
All for sin could not atone,
Thou must save and Thou alone.
3. Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to Thy cross I cling
Naked, come to Thee for dress,
Helpless, look to Thee for grace,
Foul, I to the fountain fly
Wash me, Saviour, or I die.
4. While I draw this fleeting breath,
When my eyelids close in death,
When I soar to worlds unknown,
See Thee on Thy judgement throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
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We recently released a preprint in BioRxiv entitled “Characterization of hormone-producing cell types in the teleost pituitary gland using single-cell RNA-seq“. It has been submitted in the journal Scientific data.
Abstract: The pituitary is the vertebrate endocrine gland responsible for the production and secretion of several essential peptide hormones. These, in turn, control many aspects of an animal’s physiology and development, including growth, reproduction, homeostasis, metabolism and stress responses. In teleost fish, each hormone is presumably produced by a specific cell type. However, key details on the regulation of, and communication between these cell types remain to be resolved. We have therefore used single-cell sequencing to generate gene expression profiles for 2592 and 3804 individual cells from the pituitaries of female and male adult medaka (Oryzias latipes), respectively. Based on expression profile clustering, we define 15 and 16 distinct cell types in the female and male pituitary, respectively, of which ten are involved in the production of a single peptide hormone. Collectively, our data provide a high-quality reference for studies on pituitary biology and the regulation of hormone production, both in fish and in vertebrates in general.
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If you recycle, you probably feel good about yourself and what you are doing for the planet every time you stash boxes, bottles, and plastic in the recycling bin or give old clothes to your favorite charity. All of this stays out of the landfill. Recycling is good, but getting paid to recycle is even better. But you can't get paid to recycle just any old thing. Electronics are where it's at when it comes to getting some green for keeping the Earth green. For great information on all kinds of recycling, check out Earth911.com.
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You can recycle all kinds of electronics at Best Buy, no matter how old they are, who made them, or where you bought them. If they have value, you can trade in your old electronics—cell phones, tablets, computers, and more—and score a Best Buy gift card. Use the trade-in calculator on the website to find out if your item has any value and if so, how much your gift card will be.
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Sell your old electronics (calculators, camcorders, and everything in between) to Gazelle, and they'll give you cash. Gazelle has kiosks at many stores and malls, where you can make the transaction. Or you can do it on the Gazelle website.
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Pull out all of those old cell phones and tablets that are cluttering up your drawers and your house and plug their info into sellcell.com. Sellcell will compare prices at all the top cell buyers and show you who's willing to pay you the most. After you choose your buyer, ship your device off and wait to get paid via the agreed-upon method. So easy!
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At YouRenew.com, you can recycle just about any electronics, but if what you want to get rid of has value, YouRenew will send you a check if it passes its inspection. You can ship devices for free to YouRenew and then wait for your payment.Continue to 5 of 5 below.
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Local Recycling Centers
Recycling aluminum cans and scrap metal can bring in a fair amount of money in large volumes. To find a paying recycling center in your area, just check online. These are all local centers, and you must actually take the cans to the recyclers. What you can get for the cans varies, but this is a low-return item per piece. | <urn:uuid:e9d2c1c4-6ba6-46fa-bfcc-f192c9806e1c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thespruce.com/get-paid-to-recycle-electronics-1388981 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.941542 | 519 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Cybersecurity can easily fly under the radar, just as a hacker weaves through systems and sifts through files undetected. The documented cases of cyberattacks on the energy system are hardly a page-spanning list, and the number of cases on solar assets even fewer. But that doesn’t mean the risk is as slight. What is largely considered to be the first cyberattack on a power grid took place in Ukraine in 2015. It is also considered to be one of the most dramatic cyberattacks in the energy sector; in a scene that should be straight out of a spy movie, an operator in the Prykarpattyaoblenergo control centre was locked out of their computer, watching as their curser moved independently from any of their own actions. The attack took out 30 substations and caused a blackout that took six hours to fully resolve.
The knowledge that a cyberattack could – and has – caused blackouts seeped into other events. When the UK had a major blackout on 9 August 2019, initial suggestions seen on social media were that it was a result of a cyberattack, although within hours these rumours were squashed. It was, in fact, a result of a lightning strike that triggered faults in an offshore wind farm and gas-fired power station, and not a result of a cyberattack.
Whilst cyberattacks on solar farms specifically are not commonly reported, this could well change. Digitalisation is creeping into the solar industry, automating processes and making components smarter. And where there are increases in digital technology, the threat of cyberattacks is never far behind.
Digitalisation and the effect of lockdowns
The solar sector is embracing digitalisation little by little. The lockdowns that were put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in a speeding up of digitalisation efforts. Companies both in and out of the energy sector have become more reliant on digital tools for their day to day running, with many employees working from home. Significantly more business is therefore being conducted via calls and emails over a face-to-face conversation between colleagues. Whilst this may have affected the awareness of the importance of digital services, it has also increased the risk of a cyberattack.
“The threats and dangers have grown during the lockdown period because of that increased reliance,” according to Geoff Taunton-Collins, senior analyst at renewables insurer GCube. Taunton-Collins says that when compared with other risks solar assets see, the cybersecurity threat level is “reasonable but growing”.
This is echoed by Marek Seeger, information security manager at SMA, who says that solar is “becoming a more interesting target for hackers” as the technology takes a larger role in power supply as a result of decarbonisation and decentralisation efforts.
In particular, small and medium-sized solar systems are in danger, he says, with >1MWp plants usually integrated, connected and maintained “in a professional way that includes all relevant safety measures”.
One way hackers can artificially create a malfunction in a PV system is to launch cyberattacks to the inverter controls and monitoring system, according to Ali Mehrizi-Sani, associate professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and co-author of a 2018 paper assessing the cybersecurity risk of solar PV units with reactive power capabilities.
“This is a vulnerability that can be, and has been, exploited to attack the power system,” he says, pointing to how the large number of PV units in the power system – including rooftop solar – means that there are “lots of attack points”, underscoring the importance of cybersecurity at the inverter level.
Keeping cybersecurity measures up to date is therefore incredibly important for solar installers and operators, particularly due to the 15-20 year lifetime of a solar farm, meaning that cybersecurity will need to continue to develop as the farms age, with up to date measures allowing operators to stay ahead of hackers.
This can, however, be made difficult by a lack of awareness over cybersecurity. Cyberattacks on renewables assets are underreported, according to GCube’s Taunton-Collins, occurring because it’s “easier to keep quiet than other industries”.
Most cyberattacks result in data breaches, such as the cyberattack on EDP in April 2019. The Portuguese energy firm was hit with a Ragnar Locker ransomware, with over 10TB of sensitive company files stolen. When third-party data is leaked, it has to be reported to the authorities of the country it occurred in, as well as an alert sent to the people whose data has been stolen.
However, attacks on renewables assets are more likely to be business disruption attacks, which are private and internal, due to many not holding third-party data. Asset owners therefore often have no reason to publicise that an attack has taken place. Furthermore, releasing information on this sort of attack can hurt the reputation of both the company and potentially of the industry itself, leading to some asset owners keeping quiet.
One cyberattack on a solar farm that did end up hitting headlines, however, was on US solar operator sPower, which occurred in 2019. It didn’t result in any blackouts, and sPower – which owns and operates over 150 renewable generators in the US and recently concluded financing for the 620MWdc Spotsylvania Solar Energy Center, its biggest ever project – has been unsurprisingly tightlipped about the incident. | <urn:uuid:bbf9348f-ec4e-4953-bbbd-456853e66fcc> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pv-tech.org/how-cybersecurity-is-becoming-crucial-in-solars-digital-age/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.968271 | 1,131 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Natural disaster Natural disaster such as tropical storms and typhoons are unexpected and uncontrollable. It potentially affects shipping and delay the delivery. Technological advancement Technological advancement can possess threats to the company such as the electronic document delivery, E. g. : Fax machine and e-mail can be a competition to FedEx where people have other option to deliver their mails and documents faster, cheaper and hassle-free. For example, just by a click on the mouse, an e-mail can be accessible by the recipients from another end of the globe.
However, on the other hand, FedEx’s business growing tremendously due to the mushrooming of online businesses which rely on shipping services to deliver merchandise. What are the major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) associated with FedEx? Strength FedEx strives to provide the best service quality to its customers where it continually improves its services by enhancing its distribution networks, transportation infrastructure, information technology and employee performance.
FedEx invest heavily in information technology and has moved to e-commerce in order to fulfill orders from B2B and B2C merchants. It is the first transportation company to embrace wireless technology. The company has implemented a highly effective marketing strategy to recognize the untapped customer needs by offering several electronic tools, applications and online interfaces for customers to integrate into their processes to shorten response time, reduce inventory cost, generate better returns and simplify their shipping.
FedEx provides flexibility to its customer and their high successful delivery rate renders high reliability to the customers. By emphasizing on technology and customer relationship management, FedEx able to retain its customer loyalty and gain competitiveness over its competitors. FedEx has adopted an effective contingency plan to prevent any unforeseen events from interrupting its business. For example, they: Able to navigate the 57 tropical storms that threatened their business.
Envisioned 8 planes sit in Memphis with fuels, supplies and communications gear ready to deploy to FedEx facility in need. Provided 5 cargoless planes roam the skies, ready to help out in cases of unexpected volume, air emergencies, or broken-down planes. Weakness FedEx relies heavily on information technology. Environmental forces are unpredictable. If one day they encounter some restrictions to their usage on information technology, the company business will be greatly affected and endangered. Opportunity FedEx turns threats into opportunities by fully utilizing the technology.
For example, it relies on high-tech software originally developed by NASA to handle the logistics of its large number of planes. The growing threat from electronic document delivery service like e-mail and fax machine has led to enormous growth to online business which relies on shipping services to deliver their merchandise. This in turn contributes to the growth of FedEx’s business. Treats Competitors Natural disaster Technological advancement Is there any evidence that FedEx has attempted to adopt and use the marketing concept?
Explain. FedEx able to identify the needs of its customer where many businesses demand a more efficient and reliable delivery services. After knowing the needs, FedEx develop an efficient overnight delivery services. This has shown that FedEx’s strategy is market-orientated where it estimated the market needs and created a value to serve the needs. He is able to identify market opportunities, target its market segment (businessmen) and effectively position their service (highly effective overnight delivery service).
FedEx adopted market development strategy where it identifies and develops its new market segment by expanding its operation. It purchases Kinko’s, which operates in 11 countries and help the company to reach new customers and expand in Asia and Europe. It expands its reach further with U. S Postal Service where they can place a drop box in every U. S post offices. They also adopted product development strategy where they continually improve and modify its services by providing a new, better service to its markets.
For examples, they provide new business services and expand FedEx’s shipping options. FedEx does not view itself being as being in the package and document transport business, but rather it describes its business as delivering “ certainty”. This is another marketing concept to avoid the organization from limiting their business growth to prevent marketing myopia. Evaluate FedEx’s mission statement. Explain the major strengths and weaknesses of this mission statement. Mission statement explaining the goals of an organization about what it wants or hopes to achieve.
A clear mission statement can act as guidance to the employees by organizing them working towards the organizational goals. So a good mission statement should be: Market-orientated so that the business can be defined based on the goal of satisfying customer needs. However, FedEx’s mission statement is defined based on their employees, partners and suppliers where they are more emphasize on maintaining good supply chain relationship to internally strengthen the organization position. Nevertheless, FedEx’s mission statement also has its strengths.
They meet their customer requirements by providing the highest quality services and they cater the needs of each market segment served. FedEx strives to develop mutually rewarding relationship with its employees, partners, and suppliers. By maintaining good rapport, employees will be highly committed to the quality, loyal to the company and serve their best to the customers. Good supply chain relationship also able to strengthen the organization’s position and help to increase their competencies.
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Last week in our local paper, the Obituaries section ran to three pages. 17 people were listed. 14 of them were over 80, and three were in their 60s. The steady drumbeat of death, economic destruction and lockdown is why the stock market looks as if it’s divorced from reality. The S&P500 is only down 11.7% for the year, after being up 31% in 2019. In late March it briefly dipped below 2,200, where it registered -32% YTD. If instead it had simply spent the last four months meandering down to its present level, performance would be just moderately poor.
The stock market may not be right, but the collective outlook of investors is that we’re enduring an economic blip that will pass within a year or so. Bottom-up S&P500 earnings forecasts are for next year to be higher than last year – and 2021 earnings forecasts have already been revised 12% lower since January.
The news and the mood are terrible. The stock market is heartless, but is it also irrelevant? If earnings come in as expected next year – admittedly still a big “if” since revisions continue to be down – stocks are cheap. The Equity Risk Premium (ERP — S&P500 earnings yield minus ten year treasury yield) is at the levels of the 2008 financial crisis, even following a 27% rebound from the March lows. Unless 2021 earnings are revised down substantially, the relative attraction of stocks will draw them still higher. If the market keeps rising, the resulting headlines will coincide with, and perhaps cause, a lifting of the popular mood.
What is the cold-hearted analysis that’s reflected in today’s valuations? What follows is not a run at amateur scientist, for which we’re not qualified. It’s a virus-driven upside explanation for stocks.
As much as it pains me to write this, and with deep sympathy for the many families who have lost a loved one, the fact is that not that many people are dying. In two months, 50,000 Americans have died from Coronavirus. We probably undercounted somewhat at the beginning, and it’s likely the virus was killing people as early as January. We may be overcounting now, because if a patient dies with Coronavirus it’s more likely to be recorded as the cause of death even if they suffered from other, serious illnesses.
In 2018, the CDC reports 2,839,205 deaths in America. People are a bit more likely to die in the winter, but on average around 7,780 people die every day. Over the past two months, we would have expected just over 473,000 deaths anyway. The 50,000 Coronavirus-attributed deaths is, without doubt, 50,000 too many. But the demographics are by now widely known to be heavily weighted towards older people, just as in our local paper’s Obituaries section. The virus is denying as full a life as all these people deserve, but its lethality for younger people overwhelmingly relies on other serious health conditions.
One bright spot is that the most recently weekly CDC figures report only 62% of “Expected Deaths from All Causes”. This is partly because nobody is driving anywhere, so road deaths are down. On average, 730 people die every week in car accidents. The fortunate souls who are alive thanks to lockdown don’t know who they are, but they’ll be consuming products and services for many years to come.
The infection numbers are largely useless, because in the U.S. we’ve only tested 1.4% of the population and you generally have to be sick to get a test. 5.7% of those who tested positive have died, a catastrophically high figure. However, serology tests which look for antibodies as evidence of prior infection are implying that Coronavirus has spread much wider than as measured by reported infections. Lots of people suffer mild symptoms or even none at all (they are “asymptomatic”). Results from LA County and Santa Clara in California suggest the true infection rate is 50X higher in those regions. New York City estimates that 21% of its residents have been infected.
An infection rate fifty times higher means a fatality rate fifty times lower. At the outset, health professionals told us that the vast majority of us weren’t in mortal danger from contracting it. This seems to be true. Economically, that brings a return to new normal closer. The many constraints on our liberty and enormous economic damage have been imposed not to protect everyone, but to prevent the small percentage who will require hospitalization from overwhelming the system (‘flatten the curve”). Widespread compliance has been an enormously selfless act, but this has its limits and we’ll transition to more targeted means of protecting our most vulnerable citizens. Earnings forecasts dispassionately reflect that.
It also means that society will learn to live with Coronavirus long before everybody’s been vaccinated. This is not a widely held view. If the fatality rate is 5%, we’re all going to want a vaccine as quickly as possible. Shortening the testing period and taking some risks with side effects is a worthwhile trade-off. But if the fatality rate is less than a tenth of that, and maybe as low as the flu at 0.1%, widespread vaccination will occur at a more measured pace. Higher risk groups such as the elderly will derive more benefit, even from a vaccine that’s not been subjected to normal testing. But if you’re young and healthy, medical authorities will determine that the years-long testing schedule remains appropriate. A vaccine that’s used prematurely would lower participation in all types of vaccination program, creating a real health catastrophe. And many people may decide for themselves to wait until the Coronavirus vaccine has been widely used safely, with no meaningful side effects. Only half the adult population gets an annual flu shot. It could be several years before a Coronavirus vaccine reaches a sizeable majority of Americans.
Most pipeline companies have maintained guidance at or close to prior levels. Cuts in growth capex more than make up for lower expected cash flow from operations, which will support their free cash flow. Kinder Morgan raised their dividend by 5%. Other large cap companies including Enbridge, Enterprise Products, TC Energy and Williams (all members of the American Energy Independence Index) have maintained payouts, even though every company has a free pass on cutting dividends right now. Like the rest of big American business, midstream energy infrastructure companies are assessing their own outlook, and it’s not as dire as the news.
The virus could take an unexpected turn. We have no scientific insight to offer on that. But today’s market reflects today’s facts as we know them. Rather than the stock market not reflecting reality, maybe it’s telling us to be more optimistic.
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As we continue our series on transracial adoption, we’ve got one of our favorite voices on the subject, Rhonda Mae Roorda!
Rhonda is a fund manager for an educational advocacy organization in Lansing MI, and the co-author of four landmark books on transracial adoption: In Their Own Voices, In Their Parents’ Voices, In Their Siblings Voices, and In Their Voices: Black Americans on Transracial Adoption – the books are unequivocally essential reading on the topic of transracial adoption and you can buy them here.
Rhonda shares her story with us and walks us through the history of transracial adoption in America, her own experience as an adult adoptee and her hope for the future as a result of what she’s learned (as well as her work consulting on the critically acclaimed TV show “This Is Us”, no big deal). Trust us – you will want to make the time to listen through this entire episode!
November is National Adoption Awareness Month (NAAM) –To read the history of NAAM, click here.
For those most impacted by adoption – adoptees – the month of November can be a time that brings up a wide array of emotions. So in staying true to our mission here at Empowered to Connect we are spending the month of November listening to the hearts and stories of adoptees who are part of transracial families. | <urn:uuid:1f5d7670-3c42-4ee8-9ccb-976afa384459> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://empoweredtoconnect.org/podcast/transracial-adoption-pt-2-ep18/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.932285 | 291 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Anastasija Ropa makes some very welcome comments on my chapter on the Galloway nag in “Horses in Premodern European Culture”.
Speculating on the origins of the Galloway horse is a process that is fraught with the issues besetting any contemporary breed enthusiast, since the whole concept of a “breed” is a very modern one and it probably did not cause medieval horse breeders any sleepless nights. A good horse was a good horse, valued for purpose rather than ancestry, and described by gait, or height, or even color or size, but principally by function.
in The Horse in Premodern European Culture, ed. A. Ropa and T. Dawson
What do Fregus, Robert the Bruce, and Shakespeare’s Pistol have in common? These disparate individuals, who are either completely fictional (as Talbot’s characters) or partially fictionalized (Fregus is based on a an actual Scottish ruler, but was turned into the title…
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Dida of Eynsham
Dida of Eynsham (also called Didan or Didanius) was a 7th-century sub-king of the Mercian territory around Oxford, near the Chilterns. Little is known of his life, although he is mentioned briefly in the various Anglo-Saxon chronicles, and he has been purported, since ancient times, to be the father of St Frideswide, patron saint of Oxford.
The date of Dida's birth is not known. He appears to have acted as a sub-king of the Chilterns around 670–675. Anglo-Saxon chronicles describe him as controlling areas of Mercian territory around Oxford and the Chilterns. He appears to have been in constant dispute with the West Saxons over land boundaries. It is speculated that he was a Mercian nobleman who was raised to the status of sub-king by Wulfhere of Mercia; although it is not known for certain how long he held this position, or even if he lost his authority only upon his death. Because of his connection to St. Frideswide, it is also assumed that he was related to the sub-king of Surrey, Frithuwold of Chertsey.
The chronicles do not record the date of Dida's death.
In a Vita (or Life) of St Frideswide, William of Malmsbury mentioned Dida, and describes him as "a catholic and upright man", who was married to a "worthy wife" named Safrida. Their only child was Frideswide, whom he ordered to be baptised. When Safrida died, Dida built a church at the behest of his daughter, dedicating it to the Holy Trinity, the Virgin Mary and all the saints. There he allowed Frideswide to become its first abbess. After the death of Dida, a certain Algar of Leicestershire (apparently Æthelbald of Mercia) succeeded him and wooed Frideswide; but she, rejecting his advances, escaped from him until the providence of God caused him to fall from his horse and break his neck.
Frideswide continued as the abbess of the monastery at Oxford until her death. She was later to become patron saint of Oxford and of the university there.
- Farmer, David Hugh (1997). The Oxford dictionary of saints (4th ed.). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 0-19-280058-2.
- Ashley, Mike (1999). The mammoth book of British kings and queens. London: Robinson Publishers. p. 268. ISBN 1-84119-096-9.
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Dogs can get sick just like us. Stomach upset in dogs is quite common as dogs have strong vomit reflex. As all dog owners know, it does not take much for everything to come back up… on the carpet of course, not the tiles or parquet!
Signs of upset stomach in dogs are usually very obvious but they include vomiting, diarrhea, gas, stomach gurgling noises, increased salivation, loss of appetite, eating grass. Usually the reason for upset stomach is the dog eating something that does not agree with him.
That at least seems to be the case for our poor Molly today. She must have eaten something when out and about as her daughter is fine and they share everything we give them.
She did try to tell us last night when she didn't want her dinner. And she didn't seem keen on going to "school" (Dog Agility). But we didn't understand... though afterwards the message was quite clear.
When we came back home she started vomiting. She hasn't eaten anything all day and vomited everything there is to vomit.
We want to try giving her some food this evening so we started "googling" about dog stomach upset. We found some excellent advice about how long to wait before feeding her and what to give her to get the system going again. Simply put it is recommended to let the dog fast for minimum 12-24 hours before offering a bland diet, e.g. 75% boiled rice and 25% low fat protein like chicken.
Dogs easily survive fasting like this. However, it is vital to make sure the dog stays hydrated.
How to check dogs hydration level
If dogs are vomiting or have diarrhea, they may become dehydrated. It is important to keep a good eye on the dog's hydration level but how do we do that? This is what we learned today...
When dogs become dehydrated, the skin loses its elasticity. To check the skin elasticity just gently lift the skin on the back of the neck or between the shoulder blades using two fingers and then let it go. The skin should snap back quickly but if not, then the dog is likely to be dehydrated and you should seek Vet advice.
The gums can tell us a lot about our dog's health. Healthy well-hydrated dog has salmon pink gums that are coated with slimy film of salvia. Dry gums are sign of dehydration in dogs.
You can also check the dog's gum capillary refill time (CTR). To do this press your fingertip on the dog's gum until the area becomes white and then let go. Count how long it takes for the gum to regain its original pink color. Normal dog's gum capillary refill time is less than two second. If it takes longer than that to return to normal, then the dog may be dehydrated and you should seek Vet assistance.
For more information and advice about stomach upset in dogs check out Pet Helpful website.
We have checked Molly's hydration level and she is fine. We will continue to keep a close eye on her but now we must go and prepare her bland dinner!
Can digestive supplement help with stomach upset?
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, over the last 12 months, inflation has increased by 9.1%. This is the largest 12-month increase since the period ending November 1981.
The food at home index rose 12.2% over the last 12 months, the largest 12-month increase since April 1979. The gasoline index went up 11.2%.
2023 COLA Likely to Be Largest in 42 Years
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 9.8% over the last 12 months. The reason this is important to federal retirees and Social Security recipients is that this is the index that is used for calculating the COLA increase that will be paid to recipients starting in January 2023.
The CPI-W third quarter average for 2021 was 268.421. It is now up to 292.542. (The annual COLA is calculated by comparing the change in the CPI-W from year to year, based on the average of the third-quarter months of July, August, and September.) This means that the increase over the third quarter average last year is now up to 8.98%.
Last October, when the COLA for 2022 was announced, federal retirees received a 5.9% increase for Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) annuities and Social Security benefits and a 4.9% increase for Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) annuities starting in January 2022. At the time, this was the largest COLA increase in 40 years.
The COLA for 2023 will certainly be larger than the 5.9% in 2022. The actual 2023 COLA will be calculated in mid-October. At that time, government computers will look at the CPI-W figure for July, August, and September. They will average the increase for these three months. That will be the January 2023 COLA increase. This does not mean inflation for the previous months is not relevant. Inflation data continues to accumulate and will be reflected in a higher average.
Looking back at previous COLA increases, the increase in 1981 was 11.2%. That followed a 14.3% increase in 1980. The pay raises in 1980 and 1981 were 9.1% and 4.8% respectively.
Biden Administration Tamps Down Inflation Problem
The White House must have had some indication that the latest CPI figures would be problematic with mid-term elections rapidly approaching in November.
The CPI data coming Wednesday “will largely not reflect the substantial declines in gas prices we’ve seen since the middle of June,” according to a report from the Council of Economic Advisers, in a five-page memo designed to provide “context” for the upcoming report.
According to AAA, the latest national average for gas prices is $4.631. When President Biden was inaugurated, the average price for a gallon of regular-grade gasoline was $2.39, according to AAA. The recent drop in gas prices is not reflected in the June CPI report. This means that of today, the current increase in gas prices under the Biden administration is now down to 93.7% instead of the 96% increase that existed last month.
Inflation May Be Receding
The recent decrease in gas prices and the fact that some stores are now discounting prices may be signs that inflation is easing. There has been an improvement in the supply chain problem and, according to the Wall Street Journal, there are now fears of a recession following attempts to bring down inflation. Customer preferences have shifted more to services and away from products or goods as consumers are spending money they have previously saved.
The Federal Reserve recently agreed that it will have to raise interest rates faster and to levels to slow economic growth in order to control inflation even though raising rates to fight inflation could lead to a recession.
Experts initially predicted the war in Ukraine, which started on February 24, could be over in a few days or weeks at most. No one predicted that by July, President Volodymyr Zelensky would still be in the Ukrainian capital as president or that both armies would still be engaging in heavy combat. The amount of money the United States has spent to back the Ukrainian government or the impact the war has had on expanding NATO are also something of a surprise.
To the extent that this war has impacted inflation, and it has impacted inflation and food supplies, no one knows when or how it will end or what the ending of the war will have on inflation or economies around the world.
We also do not know how quickly the Federal Reserve’s actions to reduce inflation will take hold or whether we are or will be entering a recession.
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The whole point of the #OneLess project and the London Drinking Fountain Fund has been to promote change. Specifically, to change people’s attitudes and habits when it comes to single-use plastic. MIW has been involved in both campaigns from the off, playing an advisory role, and donating 20 drinking fountains and sports bottle filling stations for installation around London. The hope there is that having access to free drinking water will persuade people to buy fewer plastic bottles. As the project has developed, we’ve found worthy homes for all of our drinking fountains. From Carnaby Street to Guy’s hospital and the Horniman Museum and Garden, the locations have been varied, but Sidcup town centre stands out as a little bit different. It made the list because the town had already started making inroads into reducing plastic waste.
On Saturday 26th May 2018, Plastic-Free Sidcup was launched. Reusable coffee cups and reusable shopping bags were handed out to the public, free of charge. Businesses were also audited to find out where plastic was being used and if it was possible to make simple reductions. And this is exactly what needs to be happening throughout the country if we’re going to succeed in reducing waste plastic nationwide – and protecting the environment globally.
It’s these steps that primarily worked to win Sidcup their free bottle filler and drinking fountain, which was installed in Nisbett Walk. Because how good would it be if we could really make Sidcup plastic free? All it takes is for one town to lead the way for others to follow. And it’s becoming increasingly urgent that they should.
The London Plastic Problem
On one day in 2017, 2,500 plastic bottles were collected from the banks of the River Thames. Water bottles were the most common type found. And while the Thames is nowhere near Sidcup, the River Cray – a tributary of the River Darent, which flows northward into the Thames – does flow through the town. It’s not unreasonable, therefore, to assume that some of those plastic bottles could have come from Sidcup. In fact, it’s not unreasonable to assume that some of those bottles came from every place with a river leading to a tributary of the Thames. The River Thames has 51 tributaries.
We’ve reached the stage where 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the ocean from land every year. And it’s destroying our marine life; choking them, trapping them; then moving into other parts of the ecosystem as other creatures feed upon the poor remains. If we don’t work together to stop this, the end result could be catastrophic.
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The author of Proverbs writes, “He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.” (Proverbs 10:5)
Whether you’re a son or a daughter of the living God, resist the urge to slumber during harvest this summer.
School’s Out For Summer
Did you recently close the books on another school year? Well done. Graduating to the next grade is no small task as it requires daily study. Homework must be completed, facts and dates and figures must be memorized, and exams must be passed.
In short, ongoing hard work is preparation for academic success from one semester to the next. Spiritual formation is similar. Have you noticed that growth in Christ seems to progress in tandem with the school year?
Every day is rhythmic, full of structure and repetition. You rise early for the bus, attend classes for 6-7 hours, participate in extracurricular activities and finish homework, eat dinner with the family, and finally retire for the night. Attending church regularly on Sunday is a natural extension of school’s rhythm, along with going to a mid-week worship service. Reading the Scriptures and devotionals are more likely to be completed too as purposeful habits take root in the spirit.
Conversely, with no alarm clock chiming at 6 a.m. and no homework due for math or science, that once familiar rhythm begins to still and slowly go silent altogether as summer slides into view. Structure can collapse, and repetition can vanish in a matter of days like the smoke from that Big Green Egg perched on the deck. Why? For the simple reason that summer is a glorious time of year. Daylight is prolonged, and the beach and the lake and the pool beckon our hearts to extended relaxation. As they should.
School takes a toll on the mind, which is why additional time with friends and vacations are sheer delight (even if you’d prefer to spend minimal time with the family). In the words of Sam Keen, “Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.”
Laziness has consequences though.
Hands to the Plow
The Bible, unsurprisingly, makes many references to farming. From Cain who “worked the soil” (Genesis 4) to Jesus who spoke of the sower and how various types of seed respond to circumstances (Matthew 13), agriculture is a recurring topic in the Scriptures.
Solomon, the author of Proverbs, advises us to not be idle this summer spiritually, but make the most of June and July by gaining wisdom.
As minister Matthew Henry puts it, “He who gets knowledge and wisdom in the days of his youth gathers in summer, and he will have the comfort and credit of his industry.” Solomon echoes this, writing, “The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it costs all you have, get understanding.” (Proverbs 4:7)
In short, resist letting this summer become a season when meaningful school year seeds (e.g. prayer, time in the Word, attending church, etc.) are snatched away by the tempter, unable to take root due to shallow soil, or suffocated by the worries of life.
Glimpses of God
Summer slows the speed of life down, but we must refrain from treating it like a two-month Sabbath. Spiritual striving shouldn’t cease. Still, dropping down to a jog from a sprint is refreshing to the body and the mind.
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest,” says Jesus. With that in mind, what are some practical suggestions to ensure that this summer, like the recent school year, is spiritually beneficial?
First, marvel at the longer days and the stars that follow when the sun finally does set. “Long days show the glory of a God ‘who is light, and in whom there is no darkness at all,’” writes John Piper.
Personally, I tend to catch fleeting glimpses of God on July 4th. My favorite summer film is undoubtedly The Sandlot (1993), and in a truly memorable scene, Smalls, Squints, Porter, and the rest of the crew race to the diamond for the only night game of the year. Fireworks provide just enough light for the boys to play, though they lose interest quickly as their eyes become enraptured by the screeching bursts that gloriously explode in the darkness.
Thankfully, God’s eternal glory isn’t short-lived like a firework; no, it endures, brightly, forever.
Second, keep attending church. With the proliferation of technology, we can watch services online even if we’re out of town. Keep tech at arm’s length during vacations, but make it a priority to fire up the laptop, tablet, or phone on Sunday and follow along with the teaching. If your church doesn’t offer video, locate the audio file, or search out another minister your intrigued with. For the truly bold, attend a church in town while you’re out of town. It may be awkward at first, but you can observe firsthand how others worship the living God. Styles are different for sure, but our shared praise is the same.
Finally, plant seeds for the next school year. I know that school is the furthest thought from your mind with it just letting out, but leverage summer nonetheless by continuing to cultivate the spiritual disciplines that were more commonplace during the fall, winter, and spring months.
King Solomon writes in Ecclesiastes, “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven,” one of which is “a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted.”
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Celebrating UK Mother’s Day on March 19, 2023
It is time to celebrate a day exclusively for that special person in your life. A day that reminds us about motherhood and the sacrifice a mother makes and all the hardships she goes through to bring up a child.
On March 19, 2023, Mother’s Day will be officially celebrated all over the UK. This is a time to think back on all the good deeds your mother has done for you and thank her for making your life safe and secure.
When is Mother’s Day?
Though the international Mother’s Day falls on the second Sunday of May, in the UK the day is celebrated on different dates. While it was observed on 27th March of this year, the day will fall on 19th March next year.
Why does England Have a Different Mother’s Day?
Mother’s Day is generally considered to be a day exclusively for your birth mother. But in the UK, the day has nothing to do with your birth mother. Instead, it has a connection with your “mother” church.
Mother’s Day in the UK is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent, which leads up to Easter. Since Easter changes year after year depending on the lunar calendar, the UK has a different Mother’s Day than the rest of the world.
History of Mother’s Day in the UK
As mentioned above, in the UK, the Mother’s Day celebration is connected to the Mother Church.
A mother church is one that is believed to protect and nourish the believer, just like a real mother. It is the primary church of a person where he is baptized or the local or the nearest church.
In the 16th century, people used to visit the mother’s church on this particular day to seek the blessings of God. Domestic helps were given the day off to visit their hometown and pray with their family in the mother church. Praying in their mother church gives them the opportunity to meet their mother after a long time. This has gradually led to celebrating a day exclusively for Mothers. This tradition is considered to be the beginning of Mother’s Day.
The tradition became more popular during the 18th and 19th centuries when more girls used to stay away from their family and work as maids and cooks in wealthy families.
The date of Mother’s Day is the fourth Sunday of Lent, which is the period leading up to Easter. During this period people practice chastity when they refrain from bad habits and give up certain types of food. Since the Easter days change depending on the lunar calendar, the Mother’s Day in the UK also changes every year.
Next year, Mother’s Day in the UK falls on the 19th of March.
When is Mother’s Day in Rest of the Countries?
Mother’s Day date varies from country to country. It is celebrated in different months in different parts of the world depending on their belief and culture.
In the UAE and most of the Middle Eastern countries, Mother’s Day is celebrated on March 21st every year. Few countries like Afghanistan, Russia, Serbia, and Uzbekistan celebrate the day on March 8th to coincide with International Women’s Day.
Countries in the UK including England, Scotland, and Wales celebrate the day on the fourth Sunday of Lent. A vast majority of the countries including the USA, India, Bangladesh, China, Germany, and Greece celebrate Mother’s Day on the 2nd Sunday of May.
How is Mother’s Day Celebrated in the UK?
Just like the dates, the tradition of Mother’s Day celebration also varies from country to country. This has more to do with the culture and tradition of each country.
Here are few ways in which Mother’s Day is celebrated in the UK:
- Cutting Cake: Cakes are a part of all celebrations in the UK. Though no particular flavor or variety of cake is favored during this day, people have now started eating Simnel cake as it is part of the Easter tradition. Simnel cake is a light fruit cake that comes decorated with almond paste, and a circle of eggs. It is then slightly browned under a grill for an authentic flavor. If you find it difficult to get Simnel cakes in UAE, then you can try other variations of cakes like vanilla, salted caramel, red velvet, and chocolate hazelnut. These cakes are readily available from cake or flower shop Dubai from where you can pre-order the same.
- Presenting gifts: Just like cakes, gifts are also a part of all celebrations. Flowers are the best gift that you can present for Mother’s Day. You can send a bouquet of roses, lilies, tulips or any other flower which you think your mother would appreciate. In the UAE, you can order flowers online from flower delivery shops, and they will present the same at the right time and place to your mother. In addition to flowers, you can also gift her jewelry, perfume, or even fruit bouquet as special Mother’s Day gifts.
- Sending a cards: For expats in UAE, having their mother beside them on this special day is a dream. If you cannot make it up on Mother’s Day why not send special Mother’s Day cards to her? The main advantage of sending a personalized card is that you can pen down your fond memories and thoughts for this special day. And unlike a cake or flower which lasts only for a few days, a card will always remind her of your presence. And your mother is sure to cherish it throughout her life.
- Dining out: For all those lucky lots who have their mother by their side on this special day, there is nothing like taking her out for a brunch or dinner. You can try out Peyote and Fogo de Chao at DIFC, and Al Fayrooz lounge at Madinat Jumeirah for a delicious meal with your mother.
Mother has a unique role in everyone’s life whatever their nationality and culture is. Celebrating a day exclusively for that special person shows how much you care for her and how valuable you consider your relationship to be.
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Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Laval (CISSS de Laval)’s new Leading Practice – A Personalized Assessment for Hospital Acquired Conditions – presents important epidemiological data in a one-page document that is easy for care teams, as well as patients and family members to understand.
CISSS de Laval noted that this useful one-pager was born out of a need to improve infection prevention and control practices across the organization. It has been a particularly helpful tool during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing everyone to be easily informed about active outbreaks within the hospital and related services.
“Our Accreditation Surveys showed us that our health care workers weren’t aware of the infection rates across the hospital, and they did not necessarily see the links between infection rates and their practices,” said Layal Abou-Chacra, Clinical Nurse Advisor, Infection Prevention and Control. “So, we came up with several items to help address this challenge, but the one-pager was the tool people appreciated the most.”
She noted that this new tool was developed in partnership with hospital staff, patients and family members, who provided feedback on content, symbols and other elements. Abou-Chacra added that patient partners were consulted about various symbols such as happy and sad faces, sun, clouds and rain, as well as green, yellow and red symbols. “We wanted to ensure that we had the right symbols in place, so people were able to quickly understand what is going well, what is not going well and what needs to be improved in a given hospital unit,” she said.
Abou-Chacra said the way in which data is presented to staff, patients and family members is also very important. “Based on feedback, we concluded that people better understand the data if it is presented in case numbers,” she said. “Instead of saying that we had 0.05 infections per 10,000 patients, we say that we had five cases in the last recorded period.” She added that the one-pager is not only used to track COVID-19 cases, but other hospital acquired conditions such as UTIs, among several others.
A universal tool
Abou-Chacra noted that another benefit of the one-pager is its simplicity; as the data can be easily understood by everyone, from housekeeping to the kitchen staff, to the CEO, to care teams, to patients and families. “I don’t need to simplify or translate the data further, as it is easily understood,” she said. “People like this tool. There isn’t too much text. It’s accessible and it can be easily shared.”
Since developing and implementing the one-pager tool, Abou-Chacra said that it has quickly been adopted by other organizations. “They’ve taken our tool and they’ve applied it. We visit other establishments, and we see their one-pager posted on the walls,” she said. “We’ve really seen an impact on practice.”
Abou-Chacra added that CISSS de Laval was encouraged to submit its one-pager as a Leading Practice by an Accreditation Canada (AC) surveyor. “He learned about our practice, and he wanted all of the information so that he could share it with his own organization,” she said. “He encouraged us to apply.”
Abou-Chacra noted that originally, she researched infection reporting practices and tools, as she was hoping to find something existing that CISSS de Laval could use. Then, when she couldn’t find what she wanted, she decided to work with her team to create a tool.
She explained that prior to creating the one-page tool, a survey was done to ask partners what they wanted or needed to know about infection rates in the hospital and related services. “We asked the who, what and how in terms of infection rates.” Abou-Chacra continued to say that once the one-pager was deployed, a second user satisfaction survey was done. “What we found was that people are happy with the one-pager, which they call the ‘Blue Sheet,’ and they don’t want to lose it. They don’t want to go backward,” Abou-Chacra said.
Julie Huard, Head of Infection Control and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis, Director of Nursing, said the one-page tool is a working lever for infection prevention and control teams as it puts a concrete number forward for a phenomenon that is taking place in a care unit. “It puts a spirit of congeniality and partnership into the care units,” she said. “Because people don’t want to see that their care unit has five infections for example and elsewhere, there are zero. So, it allows the care teams to reflect on their practices and work towards providing better care.”
Abou-Chacra added that at first, the one-page tool did not include COVID-19 case numbers as when it was deployed, CISSS de Laval had yet to see any COVID-19 cases. “We tracked UTIs, gastro cases, influenza, pneumonia. We also tracked resistant bacteria, which are common in a hospital environment,” she said. “Once COVID-19 appeared, it was added to the sheet.”
Providing transparency to patients and their families
Abou-Chacra noted that the one-page tool is helpful for patients and families as it brings a level of transparency to the hospital experience.
She explained that not only does the sheet offer infection numbers, but it also shows if that number has increased or decreased. “If I’m a patient and I see on the sheet that there are X number of infections in a care unit, it might worry me, but at least I know something concrete,” she said. “This did not exist before. This was data that we saved on a computer. The difference is that now, we are sharing that data and our performance, and all of this information is easily accessible to patients and families.”
Huard added that as a health organization, you have to think carefully about how to share information with patients and families. She noted that if, as an organization, you share numbers that are not easily understood, this can lead to anxiety and fear. “That’s why we’ve kept the Blue Sheet simple, with infection rates, symbols and not too much text,” Huard said. “You have to be transparent with the data, but you also have to be able to explain it and ensure it is well understood.”
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12 November 2021
Campaign for Better Transport is urging the Government to tackle transport emissions now by reducing rail fares to encourage more people to choose the train, rather than relying on 2040 road-based targets.
On the day the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow comes to a close (12 November), Campaign for Better Transport is warning that plans to reduce transport emissions by 2040 using cleaner fuels ignores the fact that we need to reduce emissions now and can do so by promoting rail travel and making trains cheaper.
With cars producing more than four times the greenhouse gas emissions than the equivalent rail journey, Campaign for Transport argues that plans to encourage more people to travel by rail should be a key component in the Government’s plans to decarbonise transport and tackle climate change. The transport charity is calling for the Government to encourage more people to take the train by:
- ABOLISHING peak commuter fares on Fridays for a limited time
- DISCOUNTING season tickets by a third for a limited time
- FREEZING rail fares for 2022.
Paul Tuohy, chief executive of Campaign for Better Transport, said: “Why wait until 2040 to reduce emissions from transport, when there are actions we can implement now? Driving less and taking the train more will have an immediate beneficial impact on carbon emissions, as well as reducing congestion and air pollution. The Government must do more to provide the right financial incentives. By reducing rail fares the Government can immediately remove one of the key barriers to rail travel, the cost.”
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Transport is now the biggest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, accounting for 28% of all domestic GHG, but different vehicles make different contributions to this. Collectively, cars are the main contributor of GHG (55 per cent), followed by lorries and vans (32 per cent), while buses, coaches and rail collectively account for less than five per cent. (Department for Transport, 2019, Table ENV0201: Greenhouse gas emissions by transport mode: United Kingdom, 1990-2017)
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03 October 2021: Articles
Unusual clinical course, Mistake in diagnosisKenneth Villareal1ABCDEF*, Amelia Goslin1AE, Himal Bajracharya2ADEF
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e933093
BACKGROUND: We present a case of Group B Streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae or GBS) meningitis in a non-pregnant woman that likely originated from acute otitis media. Although invasive Group B Streptococcal infections are increasing in the United States, GBS meningitis is still rare in non-pregnant adults. At the end, we discuss risk factors for this disease and data that suggest that invasive GBS infection is increasing in the adult and elderly populations of the United States.
CASE REPORT: Our patient was a 55-year-old woman with a history of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis who presented with altered mental status after failure of outpatient treatment of otitis media with oral doxycycline and steroids. Upon admission, she was initially afebrile and hemodynamically stable, but she had a rapid decline and required emergent intubation. Blood cultures grew GBS. CSF PCR analysis performed by BioFire® FilmArray® Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel revealed GBS. Middle-ear fluid and CSF cultures drawn after 1 day of antibiotic therapy did not grow any organisms. Treatment was achieved with high-dose intravenous ceftriaxone for 14 days, and tympanoplasty. At the end of 14 days of antibiotic therapy, the patient had full neurological recovery, without any residual neurological deficits.
CONCLUSIONS: GBS meningitis is classically associated with neonatal disease, but invasive GBS infection is fairly common in adults and appears to be increasing in incidence secondary to increasing populations living with diabetes, immunosuppressed conditions, and advanced age. Central nervous system infection with this organism is still rare. In this case report we describe a non-pregnant woman who presented with GBS meningitis.
Keywords: Critical Care, Infectious Disease Medicine, Meningitis, Bacterial, Streptococcal Infections, Aged, Ceftriaxone, Female, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Middle Aged, Otitis Media, Streptococcus agalactiae
Group B Streptococcus is one of the most common causes of sepsis and meningitis in neonates and is a major cause of concern during the postpartum period. However, the incidence of invasive GBS infection in non-pregnant adults is also increasing in the United States. The incidence of GBS meningitis in adults is still rare. Invasive GBS infection in adults is commonly associated with other comorbidities or concurrent infections elsewhere in the body . Here, we present the case of a non-pregnant woman who developed a GBS meningitis preceded by several days of ear infection, leading to bacteremia.
Our patient was a 55-year-old obese woman with a history of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis who presented to the hospital with acute metabolic encephalopathy. Before admission, she had been undergoing treatment for right-sided acute otitis media and right middle-ear effusion through her primary care provider and ENT specialist for the past 3 weeks. Her treatment included a trial of doxycycline and steroids. There was a tentative plan for a tympanoplasty if her tympanic ef-fusion remained. Despite treatment, her effusion remained. About 2 days before presentation, the patient started developing severe right-sided headaches with associated nausea and emesis. While these symptoms persisted, her mentation worsened and she became increasingly confused, prompting her husband to bring her to the hospital.
At presentation to the hospital Emergency Department (ED), the patient appeared acutely ill, with altered mental status. She was unable to coherently provide a history. On examination, she had a significant amount of right-ear tympanic bulging and effusion but she did not have any meningismus. She was otherwise afebrile, without leukocytosis on laboratory testing and with an unremarkable CT head scan. She rapidly deteriorated, with acute respiratory failure and required emergent intubation.
The patient was started on empiric antibiotics (vancomycin 1.5 g Q8h and ceftriaxone 1g q12h.) She became febrile with marked leukocytosis. A maxillofacial MRI revealed significant fluid in the right mastoid and right middle ear, which was suggestive of acute otitis media and mastoiditis. An ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialist performed emergent tympanoplasty with tube placement and the patient was then started on systemic steroids. A lumbar puncture was done and revealed profound leukocytosis with a WBC count of 12 815/cmm. CSF glucose was low at 39 mg/dl and CSF protein was elevated at 564 mg/dl. Blood cultures grew GBS but no other pathogens. Cultures from the CSF and the middle-ear fluid drawn during the tympanoplasty did not have any growth, as the patient had been on 1 day of antibiotics by then. However, CSF PCR performed with a BioFire® FilmArray® Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel kit confirmed the presence of GBS.
In response, her antibiotics were adjusted to a high dose (ceftriaxone 2 g i.v. q12). On day 4 of her ICU stay, she was noted to have myoclonic activity in her right arm. A follow-up MRI brain revealed a 1.5-cm foci of diffusion restriction with increased FLAIR signal in the parasagittal left frontal lobe on axial DWI (Figure 1) along with multiple additional small foci of diffusion restriction (<5 mm) scattered throughout the cortex, raising concerns for cerebritis. She completed 2 weeks of high-dose intravenous ceftriaxone, with full neurological recovery. The infectious disease physician signed off at that point. However, without the knowledge of the infectious disease consultant, ENT started the patient again on doxycycline before discharge. This highlights the importance of educating other specialities in appropriate antibiotic selection.
Group B Streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae) is an encapsulated gram-positive, beta hemolytic, catalase negative, facultative anaerobe that is commensal with humans. This bacterium has a tendency to colonize tissues such as the gastrointestinal, respiratory, and vaginal tracts and it is believed that about 15–40% of all women have vaginal colonization . Despite its widespread presence, it most commonly presents as a less serious non-invasive disease such as asymptomatic bacteriuria. However, GBS is a major pathogen causing neonatal sepsis meningitis and peripartum infection .
Studies suggest the incidence of invasive GBS infection in non-pregnant adults is rising in the USA. From 2008 to 2016, Watkins et al performed an epidemiologic study evaluating invasive GBS infection in the USA, finding an increasing incidence, from 8.1% in 2008 to 10.9% in 2016 (P=0.002 for trend). What was particularly striking is that many positive cases in 2016 also were associated with either obesity or diabetes . An epidemiological study by Schwartz et al also found a nearly 10-fold higher risk of invasive GBS in diabetics . It appears that more investigation in defining individuals at risk of invasive GBS may be important in the future as the obesity and diabetes epidemics continue to progress in the United States. There is already a suggestion that African American communities may be at higher risk [1,5].
In regards to CNS infection, the incidence of Group B Streptococcus meningitis in adults appears to be exceptionally low and incidence data are very limited in the USA. Van Kessel et al calculated an incidence rate of about 0.16 per 1 million adults based on 33 cohort studies done in the Netherlands . Previous epidemiological studies in the USA have suggested that CNS involvement occurs in around 1.6% of all cases of invasive GBS infection for both children (non-neonatal) and adults . In their population study, Farley et al reported that out of 137 non-pregnant adult patients with invasive GBS infection detected in Atlanta GA, only 5 presented with meningitis (3.7%) . Jackson et al reported 8 cases of GBS meningitis out of a total of 219 observed invasive GBS infections (8%) . These studies suggest that patients who are immunocompromised, elderly, diabetic, or with endocarditis are at particular risk of GBS meningitis [6,9,10]. A large outbreak of GBS meningitis in Asia was reported after consumption of raw fish .
Presentation of GBS meningitis is clinically very similar to other forms of bacterial meningitides. Empiric antibiotics for the coverage of more common bacterial pathogens such as Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae include third-generation cephalosporins, which typically are used to treat GBS infection. Mortality rates based on previous literature reviews suggest the fatality rate may be as high as 30% [9,10]. Risk of mortality has been correlated with advanced age and immunocompromised state .
Incidence of Invasive Group B Streptococcus (Streptococcus agalactiae) infection in non-pregnant adults may be increasing in the United States with the growing elderly and diabetic populations. Fortunately, GBS meningitis in non-pregnant adults is still rare.
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Lab Series: Interactive Mug with Sprayed EL Display
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A REFERENCE MUSICIAN
(Posthumous version published in Sruti Magazine)
The following article was written by HEMMIGE V. SRIVATSAN, who lives in the U.S. A senior disciple of KVN, he also used to provide violin accompaniment to him. This article was written three weeks before KVN passed away. In editing this article, we have deleted the honorific of Sri used by the author every time he mentioned the name of the artist.
Rare is the artist who excels in all facets of his art. This is especially true in Carnatic music, which has so many aspects that achieving mastery over even a few of them is no easy task. However, K.V. Narayanaswamy (KVN) is an exemplar of all- encompassing excellence-- a testament to his uncompromising pursuit of perfection, or his dedication to, as he calls it, kutram illada sangeetam-- music without any blemish.
What are the components that make such a complete musician?
It can be said that any Carnatic musician should meet the four basic requirements, namely: perfect sruti; proficiency in laya; chaste rendition of kriti-s; and manodharma of depth.
In addition, a successful Carnatic concert vocalist should also have:
· an attractive and appropriate concert plan
· an efficient vocal technique
· a captivating style
· spontaneous creativity
· a wide repertoire of kriti-s in various raga-s, tala-s and languages sourced to different composers
· the ability to sing unaffected by variables such as hall acoustics and the quality of accompanists and audience
· stamina to maintain a high energy level throughout a concert;
· the ability to move the listener to a higher plane; and
· a dignified stage presence.
KVN's concerts typically fulfill all these criteria. Delving deeper one can see how.
Perfection of Sruti This is the hallmark of KVN's music. Further analysis shows that the level of sruti perfection he has attainedis quite amazing. Every plain note and every segment of every gamaka is perfectly aligned to sruti. This is no easy task, given the complex gamaka-s present in Carnatic music. There is not much more that needs to be said about such sruti perfection, except that it is a pure delight to the ears and a major reason why KVN is able to establish an immediate rapport with the audience.
Proficiency in Laya There are three aspects to this: kalapramana (tempo); spontaneous patterns; and kanakku or calculated patterns. With respect to kalapramana, KVN is able to sing comfortably in a wide arc of speeds, ranging from quite slow to very fast. Consider a piece for which he is famous: Gopalakrishna Bharati's Varugalamo ayya (Manji), which he sings at a very slow pace. This pace is one reason for its spellbinding effect. The needle jumps to the other end in Ramnad Srinivasa Iyengar's kriti Neekela nayada (Devamanohari). This is a difficult piece to sing fast due to its large movements up and down the scale; nonetheless, KVN has rendered it at breakneck speed in many concerts.
Another example is KVN's handling of Tyagaraja's Raghuvara nannu (Pantuvarali) which is included in the album released by Nonesuch Records in the U.S. in 1967. He has rendered the kriti, the niraval, and the kalpana swara-s in a blazingly fast speed, yet nothing is compromised: each note is crystal clear.
It goes without saying that KVN renders the madhyama kala or middle speed passages equally well. Then there is the difficult `rendungattaan'-- neither here nor there-- speed hovering somewhere between vilamba kala and madhyama kala-- which he handles just as his guru Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar. Examples of pieces in this tempo are Tyagaraja's Ninnu vina sukhamu (Todi) and Heccharikaga (Yadukulakambhoji). Maintaining this tempo can be quite tricky, but it seems effortless for KVN.
KVN is wont to create diverse musical patterns spontaneously, on the spot, and yet he always succeeds in completing them at the correct point in the tala cycle. This requires a great amount of skill and mastery over laya, not to mention that the resulting pattern itself should be pleasing to the ear. KVN excels at this `last-second fitting' and has displayed the requisite skill throughout his concert career with great effect. It is indeed exhilarating for the accompanists and the audience!
Given his mastery of laya, KVN can plentifully offer kanakku swara-s-- that is, swara matrices based on arithmetically derived permutations and combinations--but he does so sparingly. Examples: his use of 7-akshara patterns in his Misra Chapu niraval; and 17-akshara patterns in his Adi 2-kalai, arai-eduppu kalpana swara-s. Further evidence of his laya mastery is available in the pallavi-s that he sings, which as often as not, are quite complex. Like the Adi 4-kalai pallavi in Todi: Dasaratha bala Ramachandrayya, which has an ateeta (before samam) eduppu of 7/8 on the last veechu (khali). In one concert where he sang this pallavi, he improvised beautiful kalpana swara-s with kuraippu (patterns of diminishing length) at 7/8 eduppu in 2-kalai. It is difficult to describe, but the laya control this required was tremendous. But the sequence was elegant at the same time. What more could a listener ask for?
Furthermore, while it is all too easy to make an exhibition out of such laya mastery, KVN prefers to use it in an understated manner, always keeping it congruent to the larger musical picture.
Chaste rendition of kriti-s While singing a kriti, there must be fidelity both to sahitya and sangati-s (variations on a theme) First, KVN sings the lyrics with utmost clarity. His pronunciation is impeccable. He takes extra care to distinguish between alpa-prana (non-aspirated) and maha-prana (aspirated) consonants, since this distinction is especially important when singing in languages rooted in Sanskrit. He even dwells on small details such as pronouncing the two "sh" consonants in Seshachala nayakam differently. Of course, syllable accuracy is pointless if the word itself is distorted; so KVN takes great effort to ensure that he does not split words inappropriately. One example of this is in Tyagaraja's Endaro mahanubhavulu in Sree raga. In the final charana swara, the phrase `bhavaragalayadi' is typically sung with the syllable `ra' in upper Ri and `ga' at the lower ga, resulting in split bhavara-galayadi. To avoid this awkward split, KVN sings the entire word raga at the upper ri. The upshot of all this attention to detail is that a listener can usually gather the lyrics to a song just by referring to KVN's rendering of the same.
As regards sangati-s, KVN's approach is akin to that of Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar who felt it unnecessary to sing a large number of sangati-s as a matter of routine. Typically, KVN sings no more than three or four sangati-s in the pallavi or anupallavi of a kriti. Nonetheless, his rendition is entirely satisfying. It would appear that his intent is to display the raga bhava as completely and yet as concisely as possible.
Depth of manodharma KVN's treatment of the three aspects of manodharma in a kriti suite-- raga alapana, niraval, and kalpana swara-- also deserves attention.
The highlight of KVN's raga alapana-s is its brevity combined with density of varied expression. In his own words: "An alapana should be like an essay. It should have a meaningful introduction. It should have different types of sentences, with fullstops and commas, and with question marks and exclamation points as well. And it should have a proper conclusion." True to his word, the introduction to his alapana leaves no doubt about the raga's identity. Proceeding further, he uses many varieties of phrases interspersed with meaningful pauses, and each phrase is linked to the next seamlessly. Finally, the conclusion is a summary of the whole raga. His alapana-s rarely lastlonger than 10 minutes, yet convey the essence of the raga fully within that time.
Niraval Niraval is another vehicle for the display of manodharma. Comprising as it does sahitya, raga bhava and laya, it is quite possibly the most difficult to master. There is no doubt that niraval is KVN's forte and, not surprisingly, he is known as a `niraval vidwan' among discerning listeners. What is so special about his niraval? First of all, his choice of the niraval passage, containing pleasing, positive words, is invariably appropriate. Second, he is known to sing niraval in raga-s where it is difficult to execute, such as Athana, Sama, and Surati. Finally, his approach to niraval is methodical, yet exquisite. For instance, in executing the 2-kalai niraval at `Vasavadi sakala deva' in Muthuswami Dikshitar's Sree Subrahmanyaya namastey (Kambhoji), KVN usually starts in the vilamba kala, displaying the raga bhava in full by including free-form phrases similar to an alapana; and then proceeds to the next appropriate swara up the scale. For this piece, he starts at the upper sa, move to ri, then to ga and ma and climax at upper pa!! Then he switches to madhyama kala, which is purely bound to the rhythm and does not include free-form phrases. Subsequently he transits to durita kala niraval; his treatment of this is a marvel, in the way he infuses various rhythmic patterns and fits the sahitya around each. Occasionally he introduces phrases at one speed above and the result is quite thrilling to the listener.
In general, KVN's niraval-s, to singing which he attaches great importance, convey a wide array of moods, ranging from sublime to exciting. He frequently includes niraval in four or five kriti-s, much more than one comes across in a typical concert nowadays.
Kalpana swara-s KVN employs a judicious mix of sarva laghu, spontaneous patterns and kanakku in swaraprastara. He does not overindulge in kanakku. Another characteristic is that his swara-singing has the correct proportion of plain and gamaka- laden notes, even in durita kala.
KVN's exposition of kuraippu can be quite elaborate. On one occasion, in the kalpana swara for Tyagaraja's Manasu swadheena (Sankarabharanam), he sang no less than 30 single-avartana kuraippu rounds. Just when it seemed that he had exhausted the possibilities, he conceived a new pattern.
In sum, KVN's kalpana swara-s are imaginative, engaging and exciting and have the underlying purpose of projecting the bhava of the raga concerned.
Captivating style If his rasika's response to his music is any indication, then it is fair to describe KVN's style as captivating. The style is based largely upon that of his guru Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, but it is far from identical. One could say that he has incorporated the essence of the Ariyakudi bani along with stylistic traits of his own. (His in-depth handling of niraval, for example, is different from Ariyakudi's treatment of the same.) Overall, he is always open to new ideas, but his unparalleled aesthetic sense serves as his musical compass.
Attractive & appropriate concert plan KVN's model for his concert plan was honed by Ariyakudi, whose goal was to ensure his audience's attention virtually every second by offering variety in his concerts. He usually begins the concert with a varnam, followed by a medium- to fast-paced piece, succeeded soon after by a pratimadhyama raga such as Pantuvarali or Poorvikalyani. Then, typically there is a `sub-main' item with a raga alapana of moderate proportion, niraval, and kalpana swara-s. Next there is likely a slower piece rendered without any improvisation. The centre-piece of the concert is the `main item' consisting of an elaborate alapana, niraval, kalpana swara- s, followed by a tani or percussion interlude. This might be followed by a ragam-tanam-pallavi, and finally by tukkada-s or songs sung in a lighter mien. Generally, while Ariyakudi concentrated on madhyama kala, KVN uses a variety of kalapramana-s and moods to captivate the audience.
KVN, like Ariyakudi, has an uncanny ability to read the collective mind of his listeners and select the raga-s and compositions that would please them. Also, frequently he decideson certain pieces in advance of the concert, especially if he has not sung them lately. The result is that he can accommodate in his concert programmes raga-s and compositions he has not sung for a long time.
Additionally, KVN selects concert items that have a nexus to the concert venue, such as a song about or dedicated to the deity of a nearby temple, or a song associated with the occasion which might be Sree Rama Navami or Navaratri. One such instance was in a concert in 1995 at the Sree Anjaneya temple in Nanganallur, when he selected the pallavi text `Kaana kidaikkumo Sabesan darisanam', for the RTP in Kalyani, but quite aptly substituted Sabesan with Hanuman. He sang it so naturally that virtually all on stage and in the audience were surprised how, although presumably he had never sung this new version before, he did so as if it were the original.
Lastly, a sense of proportion is paramount to the success of KVN's concerts. Again like Ariyakudi before him, KVN holds the conservative view that `less is better'. He never indulges in excess in any aspect of his performance. As a matter of fact, he leaves the audience wanting more, hoping, for instance, that he would sing just a bit more of the Kharaharapriya raga that was so enchanting.. Frequently he sings just three or four rounds of kalpana swara-s in a kriti suite because he feels only so much is appropriate. Due to this astute sense of proportion, he manages to fit in a wide variety of pieces and even a short 90-minute concert sounds as complete as a three-hour performance.
Efficient vocal technique KVN's vocal technique is among the best displayed by his contemporaries. His technique requires little, if any, strain. The tonal quality of his voice is sweet, especially in the upper register. His unconstrained open- mouthed singing ensures that all vowels and consonants are enunciated perfectly. Each note is flawless in its clarity. His breath control is nearly superhuman and, because he blends the breath points so well into the music, a listener would find it difficult to detect where he takes a breath. Finally, as he knowsthe status of his voice on a dynamic basis, he takes care not to subject it to undue strain. In fact, he selects pieces that are most amenable to the condition of his voice at any given time, an intelligent practice he has likely picked up from his master. He says: "The biggest secret of vocal technique is that the performer should know the strengths and weaknesses of his own voice."
Spontaneous creativity Listening to just a few of KVN's concerts is enough for a listener to notice this great artist's spontaneous creativity. On stage, KVN constantly explores new vistas, all the while staying within the classical realm. He sings even the same kriti slightly differently from one concert to the next-- for example, by adding new sangati. Once, he sang Swati Tirunal's Kripaya palaya saurey (Charukesi) as the main piece three days in a row, but each rendition was different from the other two. On another occasion he sang a beautiful niraval in Swati Tirunal's Pahi parvata (Arabhi) at a point in the kriti which, he acknowledged, he had never before considered. This level of creativity implies that he is completely in control of all aspects of his music. Furthermore, it appears that he relishes the challenge of exploring new frontiers.
Wide concert repertoire KVN's repertoire consists of varnam-s, kriti-s, pada-s, javali-s and tillana-s, as well as of devotional texts like Tevaram, Tirupavai and Tirupugazh, in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit and Hindi. He prefers compositions in ghana raga-s such as Todi and Kambhoji, but also sings some in less popular ones such as Nagadhwani and Kokilapriya. He sings kriti-s in rarely used tala-s, such as 4-kalai Desadi, Sankeerna jati Triputa and Tisra jati Jhampa. Beyond those of popularly- known composers, he sings compositions by others like Subbarama Dikshitar, Vedanayakam Pillai, Ramalinga Swamigal, Surapura Anandadasa, C.S. Krishna Iyer and Swarna Venkatesa Dikshitar. Thus, it is self-evident that he has a many-splendoured repertoire.
Dignified stage presence `Stately though simple' is perhaps the most appropriate description of KVN's stage presence. Some say he appears quite serious on stage, and they are correct. But it would be no overstatement to say that such seriousness is in concordance with his whole approach to music, which is that music should not be taken lightly. It was not surprising, therefore, that KVN, while on stage, does not give in to any banter or frivolous gesture; in fact, he eschews anything that did not pertain directly to his singing. Though he interactswith and appreciates the contributions of his accompanists, and accepts requests from the audience, he retains his professional mien. Simply put, he gets on stage, performs with great sincerity, and leaves the stage quietly. Even when his sidemen are quite junior to him in age and status, he never treats them with condescension. He gives each one of them due respect for his position on stage. He never engages in `testing' his accompanists or in one-up-manship. Due to his fair and encouraging attitude, he brings out the best in each one of them and the resulting synergy between the artists contributes to the concert's success.
Ability to sing unaffected by variables Some of KVN's best concerts are those in which his sidemen are most discordant. How is this possible? One theory is that he retains the tambura sruti in his memory and sings in tune even when any of the others on the stage play truant. This does not explain the mystery but only deepens it: how does he manage it? Similarly, even when any of the percussionists goes out of step, he maintains the kalapramana without faltering.
KVN is equally impervious to hall acoustics. There have been many occasions where the music echoed so badly that even those on the stage could not hear each other properly, but KVN continued to as though there was no problem. He can sing just as well at the Carnegie Recital Hall in New York City as he would in a stone cave. The size and quality of his audience does not affect his performance either. Many memorable concerts have had only 20 or 30 persons in the audience.
During his performance at the Rama Seva Mandali in Bangalore in 1988, it started to rain and the stage too was affected. Surprisingly, this did not bother KVN in the slightest; he just signalled the accompanists to move over and continued singing as if nothing had happened. Such a level of concentration and composure is something that every artist would like to possess.
Stamina to maintain a high energy level Given a style that encompasses singing in the upper octave as much as it did, KVN ought to be physically drained by the end of a concert. Yet this never happens. In fact, his concert performances underscore his remarkable stamina. The tillana that he sings at the end is as energetic as the varnam with which he started. This remarkable staying power, combined with his perfected technique, has resulted in many high- octane performances even in four-hour concerts.
Ability to move the listener to a higher plane All of the above parameters would be meaningless if a musician did not transcend the technical and intellectual realm and connect with the listener on a deeper level. The quintessential reason why KVN's music leaves a lasting impression on his listeners is that he genuinely feels everything that he sing and sings nothing for the purpose of exhibition. It appears that every sangati he creates is a paradox: well thought out and yet spontaneously charged with the feeling of the moment. Because of this deeper connection with the listener, one can hear even a recorded concert of KVN for the hundredth time and feel just as transported as the very first time.
KVN is also an excellent teacher. Because of his careful attention to detail in his own music, he can exactly assess the ability of a student of any proficiency and tailor the teaching method to suit the learner. If a student does not have the capacity to grasp a particularly complex phrase, he deconstructs it into simple parts so that the student canunderstand and absorb the lesson.
Not surprisingly, KVN makes it a point to underscore voice culturing also. He prescribes voice exercises which, when applied faithfully, enable the student to sing with relative ease.
Despite all his achievements, KVN remains a humble person, constantly aiming at higher level targets. A couple of years ago, referring to an earlier concert, he remarked: "Annikku daan nan saareeram eppadi kudukkanum-nu terinjinden." (It was only on that day that I learnt how to produce my voice correctly).
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Stanley Kurtz is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
He is also the author of “Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism”.
In a new article in National Review Online , Mr Kurtz confirms something I first speculated on here, that Barack Obama had attended D.S.A.’s annual Socialist Scholar’s Conferences in New York, in the early 1980s.
On the afternoon of April 1, 1983, Barack Obama, then a senior at Columbia University, made his way into the Great Hall of Manhattan’s Cooper Union to attend a “Socialist Scholars Conference.” There Obama discovered his vocation as a community organizer, as well as a political program to guide him throughout his life.
The conference itself was not a secret, but it held a secret, for it was there that a demoralized and frustrated socialist movement largely set aside strategies of nationalization and turned increasingly to local organizing as a way around the Reagan presidency — and its own spotty reputation. In the early 1980s, America’s socialists discovered what Saul Alinsky had always known: “Community organizing” is a euphemism behind which advocates of a radical vision of America could advance their cause without the bothersome label “socialist” drawing adverse attention to their efforts.
A loose accusation of his being a socialist has trailed Obama for years, but without real evidence that he saw himself as part of this radical tradition. But the evidence exists, if not in plain sight then in the archives — for example, the archived files of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which include Obama’s name on a conference registration list. That, along with some misleading admissions in the president’s memoir, Dreams from My Father, makes it clear that Obama attended the 1983 and 1984 Socialist Scholars conferences, and quite possibly the 1985 conclave as well. A detailed account of these conferences (along with many other events from Obama’s radical past) and the evidence for Obama’s attendance at them can be found in my new book, Radical-in-Chief: Barack Obama and the Untold Story of American Socialism.
The 1983 Cooper Union Conference, billed as a tribute to Marx, was precisely when Obama discovered his vocation for community organizing. Obama’s account of his turn to community organizing doesn’t add up. He portrays it as a mere impulse based on little actual knowledge. But that impulse saw Obama through two years of failed job searches. Clearly he had a deeper motivation. The evidence suggests he found it at the Socialist Scholars conferences, where he encountered the entrancing double idea that America could be transformed by a kind of undercover socialism, and that African Americans would be the key figures in advancing community organizing.
Kurtz also confirms another New Zeal thesis, that the cross class, multi-racial movement that put Obama in the White house, was modeled on the the communist/socialist backed alliance that made far-left Harold Washington mayor of Chicago in 1983.
The 1983 conference took place in the shadow of Harold Washington’s first race for mayor of Chicago. Washington was not only Obama’s political idol, he was the darling of America’s socialists in the mid-1980s. Washington assembled a “rainbow” coalition of blacks, Hispanics, and left-leaning whites to overturn the power of Chicago’s centrist Democratic machine. Washington worked eagerly and openly with Chicago’s small but influential contingent of socialists, many of whom brought the community organizations and labor unions they led onto the Washington bandwagon.
America’s socialists saw the Harold Washington campaign as a model for their ultimate goal of pushing the Democrats to the left by polarizing the country along class lines. This socialist “realignment” strategy envisioned driving business interests out of a newly radicalized Democratic party. The loss was to be more than made up for through a newly energized coalition of poor and minority voters, led by minority politicians on the model of Harold Washington. The new coalitions would draw on the open or quiet direction of socialist community organizers, from whose ranks new Harold Washingtons would emerge. Groups like ACORN and Project Vote would swell the Democrats with poor and minority voters and, with the country divided by class, socialism would emerge as the natural ideology of the have-nots.
Figures pushing this broader strategy at the 1983 Socialist Scholars Conference included ACORN adviser Frances Fox Piven and organizing theorist Peter Dreier, now a professor at Occidental College and an adviser to Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. That is to say, Obama’s connection to socialist ideologues didn’t end with his recruitment into the ranks of community organizers. It began there and blossomed into a quarter century of intricate relationships with both on-the-record and in-all-but-name socialists.
Kurtz also brings in Obama’s former pastor, the marxist and D.S.A. connected Rev. Jeremiah Wright and the father of Black liberation theology, the also D.S.A. allied James “white man is the Devil” Cone.
I’ve spent the last two years in the archives unraveling the connections. Here are a few. By the mid-1980s, James Cone, Jeremiah Wright’s theological mentor, had struck up a close cooperative relationship with the DSA. Cone and a prominent follower spoke at the conferences Obama attended. Shortly after the 1984 conference, Cone joined Reverend Wright in Cuba, where they expressed support for the Cuban social system as a model for the United States. Wright touted his Cuba trips to his congregation for years. Obama would have quickly discovered Wright’s ties to the liberation theologians he’d first learned of at the Socialist Scholars conferences. The connection helps explain Obama’s choice of Wright as his pastor.
A little-known Chicago training institute for community organizers, the Midwest Academy, is in many ways the key to Barack Obama’s political rise. The Midwest Academy was closely allied to the DSA, which sponsored the Socialist Scholars conferences in New York. Most Midwest Academy leaders remained quiet about their socialism. Inspired by the success of the American Communist “Popular Front,” and by 19th-century American reformers who used populist and communitarian language to achieve socialist ends through incremental legislative means, the Midwest Academy’s leaders advocated a strategy of stealth.
Officials from the Midwest Academy network trained Obama, supplied him with funds, and got him appointed head of Illinois Project Vote. Years later, Obama sent foundation money to the Midwest Academy. Barack and Michelle Obama ran a project called “Public Allies” that was effectively an extension of the Midwest Academy. Alice Palmer, the Illinois state senator who chose Obama as her successor, was once a high official in the Midwest Academy network. Several Midwest Academy leaders advised Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. Academy founder Heather Booth is now a key figure in coordinating grassroots support for the president’s budget, health-care, and financial-reform plans.
Stanley Kurtz sums up the article with an explanation of why Obama’s hidden socialist ties are so important.
As I detail at length in Radical-in-Chief, deceptions and glaring omissions about his radical past reach far beyond Obama’s involvement with the Socialist Scholars conferences and the Midwest Academy. Archival documents reveal that Obama lied during the 2008 campaign about his ties to ACORN. New evidence confirms that Obama has hidden the truth about his relationships to Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers. The unknown story of Obama’s deep involvement with a radical group called UNO of Chicago is revealed. The claims of candidate Obama and his mentors that he shunned Saul Alinsky’s confrontational tactics turn out to be a sugary fairy tale. The obfuscating techniques of Obama’s memoir, Dreams from My Father, are exposed.
The pattern of misdirection upon which President Obama’s political career has been built has its roots in the socialist background of community organizing. ACORN, Reverend Wright, and Bill Ayers were all routes into that hidden socialist world, and that is why Obama has had to obscure the truth about these and other elements of his past. More important, the president’s socialist past is still very much alive in the governing philosophy and long-term political strategy of the Obama administration.
As we move into the first national election of the Obama presidency, Americans are confronted with a fateful choice. Either we will continue to be subject to President Obama’s radical and only very partially revealed plans for our future, or we will place a strong check on the president’s ambitions. Knowing the truth about Obama’s past is the best way to safeguard our future.
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The detection of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in the Libby area has prompted Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) to sell 600 antlerless white-tailed deer licenses.
The Special CWD B licenses will go on sale starting at 8 a.m. on Aug. 19 at select providers in northwest Montana. Hunters can also purchase licenses online at FWP's website beginning at 10 a.m. on that day.
Providers Where Hunters Can Purchase CWD B Licenses:
- Koocanusa Resort and Marina
- Libby Sports Center
- Mac’s Market
- S and S Sports Inc.
- Big Bull Sports LLC
- Booze N Bait
- Yaak Mercantile and Tavern
- Steins Troy Market
- Lakeside Motel and Resort
- The Ranch Hand Inc.
- Northwest Sports Center
- FWP Region 1 Headquarters
- Aitken’s Quik Stop
Two licenses can be purchased per person and at that time you will receive more detailed information on rules and restrictions. The hunt will take place at the same time as the archery and general hunting seasons and follow the same regulations for dates, weapon restrictions, and access.
All deer, elk and moose harvested within the Libby CWD Management Zone, must be submitted for sampling, according to FWP. A map of the CWD Management Zone will be available online, at FWP Region 1 headquarters or by request at (406) 751-4564 or via email .
To reduce the spread of CWD, whole carcasses, whole heads or spinal columns cannot be taken out of the Libby CWD Management Zone unless the animal has tested negative for CWD.
Hunters are strongly encouraged to dispose of hides, bones and trimmings at approved landfills such as the such as the Lincoln County Landfill. If the carcass is processed within the CWD Management Zone, any brain and spinal parts must be discarded in the Lincoln County Landfill.
FWP, the Libby Police Department and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office are continuing to respond to reports of deer that appear sick and removing the animals for sampling.
People in the Libby area who see a deer that appears to be sick are asked to call (406) 291-6539 or Lincoln County Dispatch and leave a message with your name, number, the location of the animal and the time you saw it.
The next CWD information meeting is Aug. 16 at noon in the Ponderosa Room at Libby City Hall. FWP is planning additional meetings in Libby, Kalispell, Trout Creek, Eureka, and Polson.
CWD Public Information Meetings in Northwest Montana
- Friday, Aug. 16 – Libby, Ponderosa Room, City Hall, 952 East Spruce St., Noon
- Monday, Aug. 19 – Eureka, Glacier Bank, 222 Dewey Ave, 6 p.m.
- Wednesday, Aug. 21 – Polson, Kwataqnuk Resort, 49708 US 93, 6 p.m.
- Thursday, Aug. 22 – Trout Creek, Lakeside Resort, 2955 Montana Hwy. 200, 6 p.m.
- Monday, Aug. 26 – Kalispell, FWP Region 1 Office, 490 N. Meridian, 6 p.m.
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Dear List members,
Through the courtesy and great generosity of one of the list members (Peter
Prandall in Adelaide) I have a number of germinating seedlings of various
Anthurium species. They are growing on nicely and are almost ready to be
potted up. It is my intention to offer them to anyone who wants them, free of
charge in the hope that we can get these often rare or at least hard to find
species into more general cultivation. This may help to preserve the gene
pool in years to come when the rain forests are even further decimated than
they are now.
I have found that most Anthurium species grow extremely well indoors as house
plants, often doing even better than they do in a greenhouse; certainly they
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quite magnificent specimens in the average centrally heated home despite lack
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Now to the seedlings! I have the following coming up:-
A. atropurpureum - ready to send now.
A. bakeri (broad leaved form) - should be ready in about a month.
A. "archifolium" thought to be an undescribed strap-leaved species given this
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I am happy to send these free of charge to anyone in Britain. Sorry to those
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That is an unprecedented result, said Guy Brusselle, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at Ghent University Hospital, in Belgium, who presented the research here at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Conference 2015.
Reslizumab is an interleukin-5 inhibitor, in the same class as GlaxoSmithKline’s mepolizumab — which has just been recommended for approval in adults only by an FDA advisory committee — and AstraZeneca’s benralizumab, which is due to be filed in the US and Europe next year.
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To understand the Qurʾān
THE Holy Father went to Arabia, then to Morocco, deeming that he was following in the footsteps of Saint Francis of Assisi, on the occasion of the 8th centenary of the saint’s meeting with the Sultan of Egypt. Our Brother Bruno denounced the denial and the practical apostasy that the trip to the United Arab Emirates represents. There the Pope adapted his discourse to Muslim monotheism, in particular by signing the Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Harmonious Coexistence, in which there is no mention of Jesus, of His redemptive Cross, of Mary. It is nonetheless written “in the name of God.” Which God? Is it the God of Abraham, Whom the Second Vatican Council would have us believe is common to Christians, Jews and Muslims (cf. Auto-da-fé), making Him the common denominator of acts aimed at “mutual understanding” and at “preserving and promoting together for the benefit of all mankind social justice and moral welfare, as well as peace and freedom” (Decree Nostra Ætate, The Muslim religion, in Auto-da-fé.)
Since the foundation of our Community of monk-missionaries, our Father, Georges de Nantes and Brother Bruno have undertaken a “Christian reading” of the Qurʾān, i.e. a scientific reading. It consists in applying the historical and critical methods that have long been employed in the study of the Bible, in order to know the truth about Islam and its origins and, at long last, to make possible scholarly and fruitful controversy with Muslims.
The results of this work are a treasure of light that we must bring to mind today, at a time when the Holy Father is seeking to promote peace on an equal footing with Al-Azhar University “in the name of God” by forsaking Jesus, Mary and the Cross.
For, in actual fact, the invocation of the God of Abraham to overcome divisions for the sake of peace is not new. It was meditated, preached, and implemented in the 7th century a.d. with a view to reconciling Jews and Christians in the one Covenant of the One God, by a man whom Father de Nantes considered to be “a religious genius and a man of action of rare power” (The Qurʾān, Translation and Systematic Commentary. Volume I). This is the revelation made in this book, which remained ‘sealed’ for 1300 years, but it allows Brother Bruno to write today: “for the 8th centenary of the vain attempt of Saint Francis of Assisi to make the Sultan of Egypt a Christian, our Holy Father Pope Francis imitates the author of the Qurʾān rather than Saint Francis, in concert with the imam of Al-Azhar who plays the role of successor of the author of the Qurʾān in his ‘ecumenical’ plan.”
Poor Holy Father! How has this come about?
To answer this question, we must begin by briefly recalling the considerable progress that Brother Bruno’s work represents in the knowledge of the Qurʾān. In the forward to Volume I of the Qurʾān’s translation and systematic commentary an overwhelming fact is recalled: never before had the Qurʾān been subject to the rules of the historical and critical methods that have long been employed in Bible study.
MUSLIM “TRADITION” IS REFUTED.
In his forward, Brother Bruno outlines the whole genesis of this work that consists in breaking out of this vicious circle, which Father Henri Lammens, a Jesuit father of Beirut, brought to light at the beginning of the 20th century. In fact: the ‘Tradition’ (composed of both the ḥadīṯ, the founding events of Islam in the 7th century, and the Sunnah, legal maxims) as well as the traditional biography of Muḥammad, the Sīrah, are totally apocryphal. They are exclusively based on the verses of the Qurʾān that they paraphrase. Therefore they cannot be considered, even remotely, as an independent source from which elements for a better understanding of the Qurʾānic text can be drawn. Brother Bruno and Father de Nantes were thus the first to have completely rejected the use of this “Tradition.”
“THE QURʾĀN BY THE QURʾĀN”
Father de Nantes had been put on the path of a Jewish origin of the Qurʾānic text by the works of Father Théry, Dominican, who considered the Qurʾān to be the work of “a scholar come from elsewhere:” a Jewish rabbi, creator of “the religious terminology of the Arabic language.” Although Father de Nantes abandoned these works which, in the end, were unscientific, he nevertheless kept the initial inspired intuition that he entrusted Brother Bruno with developing. How? By applying the great exegetical principle of the French school, which he had learned from his Sulpician professors in the Issy-les-Moulineaux seminary, and thus, to explain the Qurʾān by the Qurʾān.
DISCOVERING THE LANGUAGE OF THE QURʾĀN.
Such a task is impossible! No one had ever ventured to undertake it since, from its very first sūrah, the Qurʾān seems to be an “aerolite” without the slightest literary antecedent. Furthermore, if one is to start from Qurʾānic text alone, it is also necessary ‘to delete’ all the diacritical signs that were added in the 9th century, according to the later interpretation that was given to the text, and which itself is totally dependent on the ‘Tradition.’ All that remains is a consonantal text that would have to be deciphered without any dictionary or grammar!
In his critical review of Volume I of Brother Bruno’s translation, Father Michel Lagarde, an Islamic scholar, ironically imagined him “as a passionate person, ardently fascinated by the discovery he thought he had made: the so-called true meaning of the Qurʾān.” our Brother Bruno replied: “No, Reverend Father, no! Let us rather say that religious obedience keeps me performing a humanly impossible task, which nonetheless is progressing, surmounting all the difficulties in which our predecessors foundered, under the guidance of a master to whom I owe everything, with the encouragement and daily help of our Communities...” (The Qurʾān, Volume III, Foreword).
Thus it is that Brother Bruno is the first to have scientifically established the Qurʾānic text of the first five sūrahs, by deriving the linguistic sources of the vocabulary and uncovering the true literary antecedents of the text, which confirms the original hypothesis: the Hebraic origin of this “religious language” of the Qurʾān. There, however, is more to come.
THE REDISCOVERY OF THE EVENTS CONTEMPORARY WITH THE WRITING OF THE QURʾĀN
When Brother Bruno returned from French North Africa, he studied at the Institut Catholique de Paris under the direction of Father Daniélou. There, he undertook historical research on pre-Islamic Arabia and on ‘The Arab Conquest.’ These studies shed light on historical facts that the Muslim legend had erased from memory. In fact, in the 4th century a.d., the Arabian Peninsula was the scene of a vast enterprise of Judaisation – supported by Persia – which thwarted the joint endeavour of Christianisation and colonisation of the tribes by the Roman Empire, particularly in the South, in Yemen. The 5th century was still a period of Jewish preponderance in the peninsula until the end of the 6th century, particularly in the oases of the Ḥiḏjāz.
From 602 on, the Persian invasion launched against the detested Byzantines raised immense hope among the Jews of Palestine and Arabia to the borders of Yemen, and among all the Jews of the diaspora: Were a Jewish kingdom to be re-established in Jerusalem, the Ḥiḏjāz would quite naturally be englobed in a Greater Palestine equalling the Empire of Solomon itself!
THE AUTHOR OF THE LANGUAGE.
Father de Nantes and Brother Bruno, in remaining faithful to the scientific method that they had adopted were also obliged challenge the attribution of the entire Qurʾānic corpus to Muḥammad, and consequently to examine the origin of the language itself. The Muslim theory according to which Qurʾānic Arabic is derived from the Meccan dialect spoken by Muḥammad ‘when he received the revelation of the Qurʾān’ encounters such difficulties that an Islamic scholar like Régis Blachère himself abandoned it. Is it then possible to adopt the opposite hypothesis: an ‘artificial and meditated’ creation? The erudite Islamic scholar, who had considered this hypothesis, refused to consent to it, since it would inexorably lead to rejecting the entire Muslim tradition.
For Brother Bruno and Father de Nantes, on the contrary, in the light of the history of pre-Islamic Arabia, this “hypothesis of an artificial and meditated creation” is self-evident, while at the same time it allows the extraordinary personality of the author who was its creator to transpire.
In the postface that Father de Nantes wrote for Brother Bruno’s Volume I, he said: “I was anxiously awaiting for you to unearth your statue, so that we might see at last, such as science digs him out of the sands, the author of the Book as he was in actual fact, revealed by his own work. In reality, this man was a religious genius and a man of action of rare power; his work is worthy of being compared with the greatest.”
What was this work, then, and who is this man of action? This is what we must deal with now in order to understand Brother Bruno’s judgement concerning the Pope’s action that is referred to at the beginning of this article.
“BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE GOD,
THE MERCIFUL ONE, FULL OF MERCY.”
The first sūrah of the Qurʾān, as well as all the subsequent ones, begins with this verse, in Arabic bismi llāhi ʾar-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi. It is a benediction, rather than a simple invocation, which is commonly translated by “In the name of.”
Thus introduced, the first part of this short seven-verse prayer is composed of a thanksgiving the object of which is “the God,” ʾAllāh, under the title of “Master of the centuries,” replete with the desire for his coming, as “King of Judgement Day,” as well as a profession of faithfulness in adoration and praise. The second part is an entreaty to the God beseeching him to indicate to his faithful the “the narrow path of survival,” a pledge of divine “sweetness,” poured out on those who have been “chosen” and who, among the “vessels of wrath,” are objects of the God’s solicitude.
A JEWISH PRAYER.
Brother Bruno points out that the ideas and feelings expressed by this prayer and even the vocabulary used are those of Judaism.
The same is true of the formula of benediction. It concerns “the God,” ʾallāh, the contraction of the definite article ʾal and of ʾilāh, the transcription of the Aramaic ʾèlāh, in Hebrew, ʾèlōha; it is the amplified form of ʾel. It is the God of Abraham (Gn 14:18-20,) who is invoked as “the Merciful One,” ʾar-raḥmāni, derived from the Aramaic raḥmanaʾ, a Divine name, which is frequent in Rabbinic literature. It, however, refers to the divine attribute par excellence, according to biblical revelation; and the God of Moses, “full of mercy:” ʾar-raḥīmi, as He revealed His name on the summit of Sinai: ʾel raḥūm, “God of tenderness” (Ex 34:6.)
It is indeed “the” God of the Bible, Whom the author invokes; he, however, uses a strictly monotheist formula. Through its insistent redundancy of the word “mercy,” the formula is a polemical remark against the Christian Trinitarian formula and the Sign of the Cross that accompanies it.
The formula of praise that follows this benediction, ʾal-ḥamdu llāhi, “Love to the God,” is governed by the same thought. It is addressed to the God as “king,” mālik (from the Hebraic: mèlèk,) and as “master” rabbi, from the Aramaic: rab. There, however, is no equivalent for this divine name: “master” in the Old Testament nor in rabbinic literature. On the other hand, it is found in the New Testament, on the lips of the Apostles addressing Jesus: “You call Me Master and Lord, and you say well, for so I am” (Jn 13:13). Consequently, the thought that underlies this prayer is clarified. In this instance, it divests Jesus of the affirmation of His divine magisterium and divine royalty in order to attribute them to “the God” of the prophet Jeremiah for example, who announced that in the days of the New Covenant, all would be instructed by God Himself (Jr 31:33-34.)
A SMALL REMNANT.
Brother Bruno also detected in the author, the intention to identify himself with the “small remnant,” the object of divine predilections since the return from the Babylonian exile, when he describes with a tinge of compunction, the community in which he places himself as “those [...] who are not objects of contempt.”
It is from the God and not from Jesus that the author and his community are thus expecting the indication of “the narrow way of survival,” according to the Gospel expression: “How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few.” (Mt 7:14) Yet, for what horizon? A heavenly one? Rather, an earthly one, a Deuteronomic horizon “So that, you and your children may live on in the Land which Yahweh swore to your fathers He would give them.” (Dt 11:21)
A ORIGINAL WAY?
This prayer has nothing that is specifically Muslim and its language could even be described as “Talmudic” Arabic, according to Father Hruby’s definition of the Talmudic language: a “half Hebraic, half Aramaic jargon.” It testifies to this far-reaching enterprise of Judaisation of Arabia mentioned above. Yet, it seems that its author manifests a sovereign independence, both from rabbinic Judaism and Christianity, with which he is familiar and which he willingly plagiarises. His intention though is to differentiate himself from them, with a desire to establish a direct link to the eschatology of the psalms and prophecies of the Old Testament, as if Jesus Christ, sign of contradiction between Christians and Jews, does not exist.
More than a thousand years after the return from the Exile, more than six hundred years after Jesus Christ and with Jerusalem still in a state of destruction, would the author of this prayer and the group who surrounded him, be claiming to identify themselves with the small “remnant” prophesised by Isaiah? Who are they? What is their aim?
The following sūrahs are going to throw light on these questions.
“THE GOD OF DELIVERANCES”
The first verse of Sūrah II is only constituted of three small letters: “alm,” the meaning of which no one has ever been able to penetrate. Anyone familiar with rabbinical literature and its system of abbreviations, however, immediately recognises the abbreviation of an expression from Psalm 68, verse 21: “Our God is a God of deliverances,” ʾel lemōshāʿōt, literally, “a God for the salvations.”
a: the initial of the Name of God, “ʾallāh.”
l: the Hebraic preposition “for.”
m: the initial of mōshāʿōt, “salvations, deliverances,” in the plural to emphasise the richness of the unique salvific plan of God throughout history. The Qurʾān is intended to be precisely its ultimate manifestation. This will become increasingly evident to us.
A WAY “WITHOUT QUARREL.”
Sūrah II begins by announcing the content of this “book,” kitāb, according to biblical Hebrew ketûbîm, which designates the books of the third part of the Old Testament, after the Law and the Prophets. “This Writing, ḏalika l-kitāb, contains a Way, hudan, without quarrel, lā rayba fîhi, for the predestined” (II:2). hudan is directly borrowed from the language of the New Testament: “I am the Way (hodos in Greek), the Truth, and the Life,” Jesus said (Jn:14:5.)
Is this to say that this “Writing” is inspired, like the Holy Scriptures to which it thus refers? The author lets this be understood by suddenly adopting an oracular tone, that is to say by making “the God” himself speak, in the first person plural: thus, the “predestined” are those who fulfil the obligation of prayer, and who spend what We provided to them,” but also “those who believe in what has been revealed to you before you, and it was revealed before you” (II:4.) If “this Writing” passes itself off as inspired by God, it is therefore not meant to bring a new revelation, contrary to the common interpretation, but only to convey an ancient, traditional revelation.
Yet now, the author seeks a “quarrel” with those who “have apostatised,” ʾallaḏīna kafarū (II:6), this ancient faith, who “ruin the Covenant,” “truncate prayer” and “do evil in the Land.” Who are they? What is this land? What follows will give us the answers, yet it is to settle this quarrel, which pits him, the servant of God, against the “apostates,” that the author engages in a elaboration in a rabbinical aggadic style, that is, in a very free manner, free of chronological constraints yet very dependent on the biblical accounts, that he remodels to correspond to contemporary events.
A WAY THAT IS PROMISED TO ADAM.
The author evokes the creation, then the original fall. The parallelism with the biblical account is evident, but ends in a negation of Original Sin. It is Satan who” makes” Adam and Eve “leave” Paradise. The whole mainspring of sacred History is broken, the Promise of a Redeemer towards Whom tends the whole dynamism of the Old Testament is weakened. Instead of this, the God promised to Adam “a Way” for his descendants; the way contained in “this Writing.”
THE COVENANT WITH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
“The Covenant,” ʿahda that was contracted with the children of Israel, banī ʾisrāʾīl, is the first realisation of this promise and we understand that they are this small “remnant” referred to in Sūrah I. The author follows the books of Exodus and Numbers to remind them of their history, and therefore, of their constant infidelity to the covenant that “the God” asked them to honour (II:40,) notably by “celebrating the Calf” (II:51.) Now, God grants “Redemption” to this sin of idolatry at the same time as He gives “Scripture” to Moses. This is the affirmation of a mystery of redemption that is already effectively at work under the Mosaic Law, but not in virtue of the future Holy Sacrifice of Jesus Christ, so that the children of Israel might conduct themselves “in accordance with the Way.” Instead, they “become obdurate” and our author notes: “And they have passed away,” which seems to insinuate that the entire race of Israel is henceforth the object of a definitive divine reprobation.
THE PERSITENCE OF THE DIVINE PLAN.
The divine plan, however, remains in “those who are faithful,” ʾal-laḏīna ʾamanū, that is to say, those who persevere in the traditional religion of the children of Israel, and “those who embrace Judaism,” ʾal-laḏīna hādū: the “proselytes” who are divided into two categories, according to their origin: they are either “Sabaean,” i.e. Arabs, from the Kingdom of Sheba, or “Nazorean” (II:62-63.) They in their turn benefit from this covenant and receive the Land as an inheritance
Naṣārā, “Nazorean”, transcribes the Greek nazôraios (Mt 2:23.) Applied to Jesus, Whose despised origin it characterised, the term was kept by the Jews to designate the disciples of Jesus as a sect, a particular observance within Judaism, unlike the name “Christian,” which implies the recognition of the Messiahship of Jesus, “the Christ,” by the pagans of Antioch. Thus, the term “Nazoreans” still refers to Jews, but to those who have converted to Christianity.
How can the fact that they “embrace Judaism” be explained? This is indeed the meaning of the verb, hādū, taken from Hebrew yâhad, “to embrace Judaism” (Est 8:17). It bears witness to the author’s constantly expressed intention of bringing both groups into the first covenant, which was contracted by the God with the children of Israel.
Brother Bruno shows that these two verses (II:62-63) seem to reflect the immense hope that galvanised the Jewish population of Palestine and the Ḥiḏjāz to the borders of Sheba, and all the Jews of the diaspora, who were supported by their friends, the Nestorian Christians, and their Saracen allies, when the Persian campaign brought the troops of Chosroes to the gates of Byzantium in 610. The subsequent “haggadic” accounts of this passage must be understood in this well-attested historical context.
A REDEEMING SACRIFICE.
In fact, for the help that the Jews had contributed to the Persians in their advance in Palestine, they received the right to administer Jerusalem after the fall of the city in 614. An anonymous leader assumed the name of Nehemiah, in memory of the man who was the governor of Jerusalem and who rebuilt the walls of the city upon the return from the Babylonian exile. He even seems to have tried to restore Jewish sacrificial worship.
The coincidence with the verses 67 to 73 of Sūrah II is surprising. Perhaps this pseudo-Nehemiah is the very author of the sūrah? For he sums up the entire liturgy of the Old Testament by the sacrifice of a cow, which Moses had prescribed long ago: “In those days, Moses said to his people: ‘I beg of you, the God tells you to sacrifice a cow.’” baqaratan (II:67.) For this cow, which is sacrificed in reparation for the idolatrous cult of the calf, must be “pierced,” ṣafrāʾu, from Aramaic sebar “pierced,” “cut,” in sense of “to let blood,” and “hung” fāqiʿun, from Hebrew yâqaʿ “to dislocate the limbs of a convict by attaching him to a stake.” “His office is to be punished for those who watch” (II:69;) thus as an “expiatory sacrifice.” This is an allusion to the bronze serpent that Moses made at the command of God and placed on a pole, and “whenever a man who had been bitten by a serpent looked at the bronze serpent, he recovered” (Nb 21:9.) The allusion to the Christian mystery of the Redemption accomplished by Jesus Christ crucified, “hung” (Ga 3: 13) on the Cross is obvious.
The author thus rereads the history of Hebrew people in the desert, but in the light of the Gospel in which Jesus gave Himself as the immolated Victim in remission of sins, “raised up” like the serpent in the desert for the salvation of those who looked upon Him, with the eyes of faith. He substitutes, however, a “sacrificed cow” for Him Who Saint John had seen as “a Lamb that seemed to have been slain” (Ap 5:6 and 12.)
This is only the beginning. This cow must be “rendered perfect” mussallamat (II:71,) in other words: Muslim.
This is the first mention in the Qurʾān of this word, called to such a destiny. “It is out of place here,” Brother Bruno points out, “but what does it mean?” It is derived from Aramaic šelim: “whole, upright.” It is a key word of the Targum (the ancient translations of the Bible, in Aramaic) for designating the required quality of the victim in all types of sacrifices: the red cow would be šelīmtāʾ (Tg Nb 19:2,) or the Passover lamb, šelīm (Tg Ex 12:5.) This word also expresses the requirements of the Covenant with Abraham: “Render a cult in My presence and be perfect, šelīm” (Tg Gn 17:1.) Thus, the word does not only connote the physical integrity of the beast but also the moral and spiritual perfection of the one who offers it, and of whom this very integrity is the sign. Indeed, he who does not make his offering with a perfect heart, neither does he choose the most beautiful beast from his flock for the sacrifice. This nuance is reinforced here by the passive tense: “rendered perfect.”
The author of the Qurʾān takes the opposite tack from the Epistle to the Hebrews according to which the sacrifices of the Mosaic Law were powerless to “render perfect (in Greek, téléin corresponding to the Aramaic selīm,) the worshipper in his conscience” since they were only “regulations concerning the flesh” (He 9:9-10.) He, on the contrary, claims to bring those who have deviated back to them.
THE SCHISM OF THE NAZOREANS.
In fact, a faction has become “obdurate:” the Jews converted to Christianity, whom the author accuses of “trampling the covenant underfoot with disloyalty,” and who go so far as to say: “the God has glorified a child” waladan (II:116.) The author wants to bring Christians back to the covenant in the name of Moses to whom “We have given the Scripture in the past” according the word of the God himself, and of... “Jesus, son of Mary,” ʿīsā ʾibn maryam, Who received “intelligence” (II:87.)
It is a complete reversal! The author cleverly separates these Judeo-Christians from the person of Jesus, Whom he deliberately reduces to the rank of a simple commentator of the Mosaic Law. He is the antithesis of the Christian Jesus, as attested by his name, ʿīsā, which is absolutely original, being neither the transcription of the Greek Jèsous nor of the Hebrew yéšûʿa. It is an enigma that brother Bruno resolved in highlighting that the switching of the consonants “aïn” (ʿ) and “shin” (š) deforms the name of “Jesus” with the precise intention of depriving it of its etymological Hebraic meaning “Yahweh saves.” The author has in mind the theme, which he concealed under the acronym “ALM,” referred to above; God alone is “for the salvations,” Jesus is not God, the Son of God, the “saving God.” He is but a man, “son of Mary.”
The author stigmatises the denial of Christians, by boldly turning the words of the Gospel against them: “men of little faith!” (II:88.) He, however, remarks that “the Writing” given to Moses and the “intelligence” given to Jesus only led both the Jews, disciples of Moses, and the Nazoreans, disciples of Jesus, to haughtiness. They reciprocally call themselves liars and kill each other. Here again, the author is only expressing the age-old fight between Jews and Christians, but which, in fact, was exacerbated at the beginning of the 7th century, by the Persian invasion of which the Jews had become the overzealous auxiliaries.
What is the author preaching by this “Way without quarrel” (II:2)? A return to Judaism? No! It is not the Jew, nor the Nazorean, but “he who makes himself perfect, ʾaslama, [...], it is he who will have his reward with his Master” (verse 112). It is the conclusion of this whole first part: the author dismisses equally the idolatry of those who worshipped a calf and the idolatry of those who said, “God has glorified a child,” (verse 116) the expression evoking the theophanies of the New Testament in which God says: “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Mt 3:17; 17:5)
Who, then is on the good way?
THE PERFECT RELIGION OF ABRAHAM AND ISHMAEL.
The apostasy of Jews and Nazoreans did not abolish the covenant: “My covenant is not at an end because of those who are in darkness” (II:124.) For “We have made a Covenant with Abraham and Ishmael” (II:125.)
THE COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM AND ISHMAEL.
With Ishmael? The author follows the Book of Genesis and it is true that, according to the biblical account, Abraham believes that the promise of descendants refers to Ishmael, who was born to him of Hagar, the Egyptian bondwoman: “Abraham said to God: ‘Oh! Let Ishmael live before Your Face!’ (Gn 17:18). God, however, sets him straight, specifying that He would establish His Covenant with Isaac “as a perpetual covenant, to be his God and the God of his descendants after him.” “His descendants” are Jacob, surnamed “Israel,” and his twelve sons, the fathers of the twelve tribes: The “children of Israel” showed themselves to be unfaithful, as the author unceasingly recalls, but also the Christians, the children of God, “like Isaac” (Ga 4:28)! The author divests them of the adoptive filiation, in favour of the descendants of Ishmael, the tribes of northern Arabia, the race of Abraham according to the flesh (Gn 21:12-18.)
It is a radical subversion, an unprecedented revolution! Brother Bruno explains this unexpected stroke of genius, whereby the author steals from Saint Paul the whole thrust of his theological argumentation, with the goal of “asserting” the permanence of the covenant of God with Abraham and Ishmael. In fact, to the Jews who prided themselves on the Law, Saint Paul opposed the promises made to Abraham 430 years before the Law was promulgated (Ga 3:17.). In the same way, the author of Sūrah II maintains that before the “covenant with the children of Israel,” which degenerated into “schism” setting the “Jews” against the “Nazoreans,” there existed the covenant with Ishmael. Now, this incredible claim is not unfounded, since the sign of the Covenant was circumcision. Now, Ishmael was circumcised before Isaac (Gn 17:23-26.)
Does this return to circumcision mean that the author has a purely legalistic and racist conception of the covenant? No, and this is perhaps what makes the superior merit of his genius shines forth, Brother Bruno points out: at the very moment when the author seems to be bringing everything back to the Old Testament in the most carnal way, he introduces a requirement for “perfection,” which seems to be borrowed from the Gospel. How can that be?
In verse 131, the author relates the episode of the covenant between God and Abraham: “When his Master told him: ‘be perfect’ ʾaslim, he said ‘I am perfect,’ ʾaslamtu, for the Master of centuries.” This answer is the Qurʾān’s translation of the biblical mention of the faith of Abraham, that God really accounted to him as “perfection:” “Abram put his faith in Yahweh, Who counted this as making him justified” (Gn 15:6.) The difference is that, according to the Qurʾān, Abraham calls himself “perfect:” this haggadic feature is profoundly anti-Christian, tending to equate him with Jesus, Who alone dared to say that He was without sin (Jn 8:46.) Thus the author makes this perfection not the “new” commandment (Jn 13:34,) but the old one of Abraham: “Abraham made it a commandment for his sons (Ishmael and Isaac, so) as well as Jacob: ‘My sons, I beseech you! The God has girded you with justice, therefore be perfect, muslimūn, unto death’” (II:132.) This is a reprise of the words of Jesus in the Gospel: “You must therefore be perfect, muslimūn just as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Mt 5, 48.)
We see that, for the author of the Qurʾān, Jesus is a reference just like Moses. Also, “Islam,” ʾal-ʾislām, is not presented as a new revelation but as a return to the “one religion” of the one God of Abraham, before the Jews and the Nazoreans, whom he accuses of having introduced changes into it.
THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE TEMPLE WITH ISHMAEL.
In solemnly renewing the covenant in favour of Abraham and Ishmael, God summons all men “to the house,” ʾal-bayta, transposed from the Hebrew bayit, so that they may celebrate ‘the place of Abraham, maqām ʾibrāʾhīm, with prayers.” (II:125).
What is this “Place”? maqām is the transposition of the Hebew maqôm, which designates the holy “Place” of Sichem, where Yahweh appeared to Abraham (Gn 12:6-7.) It also refers to Bethel where Yahweh manifested Himself in a dream to Jacob. It is the Temple of Jerusalem, the “Place” that God Himself chose in order “to put His name there, and to dwell in it” (Dt 12:5) A continuous tradition places the construction of the Temple “on Mount Moriah” (2 Ch:3,1,) the very place of the sacrifice of Isaac.
In the 7th century, however, the expression maqām ibrāʾhīm only designates a piece of wasteland since the destruction of the Temple by Titus in 70 a.d. This terrible chastisement caused by Israel’s infidelity was announced by Jesus. Yet, the Temple would be rebuild, according to the promise audaciously placed by the author on the lips of the God foreseeing the apostasy of the Jews and the Nazoreans: “Then, Abraham will re-establish the foundations of the Temple ʾal-qawāʿida min ʾal-bayti, with Ishmael” (II:127.)
How, in practice, can this authentic religion of Abraham be restored? The first resolution that arises in the heart of Abraham’s true sons is to “turn” resolutely towards Jerusalem, towards its “devastated Temple,” ʾal-masjidi l-ḥarām, under the leadership of a new Moses, who enjoins them “to gather into bands,” jāhada, in order to lead them “in the path of the God,” fi sabīli llāhi.
The objective is to go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, the “gates of the God” (II:158,) indicated by two ‘outposts,’ ʾas-safā, the name of a small hill situated to the north of Jerusalem, ha-sôphîm, in Hebrew, and ʾal-marwat, from the name of a locality of Mount Juda.
The rule that governs this undertaking is first and foremost a religious one: “Your God, the only God! No God except for Him, the Merciful One, full of mercy,” ʾilāhukum, ʾilāhun waḥidun ! lā ʾilāha ʾillā huwa r-raḥmānu r-raḥīmu (II:163.) It is directed against the idolaters: “those who celebrate horrors in the place of the God” (II:165,) i.e. “those who give God a Son” (II:116;) the Christians.
It is indeed a conquest and this conquest is bellicose, according to the unequivocal verses 190 to 195, which are drawn from the conquest of the Promised Land by the chosen People under the leadership of Joshua. For example, this order not to attack first: “Combat on the path of the God, those who combat you. No, the God does not love those who attack.” (190) Also, this order to cast anathema on one’s enemies: “And kill them everywhere you corner them, and drive them out from where they drove you. For it is worse to let yourself be charmed than to kill.” (191) This was precisely the raison d’être for the extermination of every living being, men and animals, which was formerly decreed by God Himself (Dt 7:1-2.)
It is Holy War, the “jiḥad,” that the author proclaims: “As for those who have remained faithful, those who have assembled and gathered into bands, jāhadu, on the path of the God, they will arouse the mercy of the God, for the God mercifully absolves.” (II:218.)
The injunction of verse 195 is but a series of biblical reminiscences, with a powerful eschatological echo, appealing for a new return from exile: “Go forth!” (Is 48:20) “Escape out of Babylon, flee from the land of the Chaldeans” (Jr 50:8; Ap 18:4) so as to enter Jerusalem. This is indicated by the reference to the “procession,” ʾat-tahlukat, which evokes the dedication of the Ramparts by Nehemiah (12:31,) and announces the new dedication when the children of Ishmael gain possession of the Holy City.
A “LARGE-TENTED HIMYARITE.”
The indications provided in these first two sūrahs allowed Father de Nantes to depict this mysterious author. He conceived of him as a “large-tented Himyarite,” a native of Southern Arabia, educated at the best Jewish and Christian schools. He was thus “heir to an immemorial religious tradition, Judaic in its essence and certainly Christian in its immediately previous form.” He felt ‘illuminated,’ pressed to seek a new Covenant that would unite all believers, from whatever race or sect they belonged to. This was his profound and coherent thought that he would seek to implement.
THE FAILURE OF THE RETURN TO JERUSALEM
The author had exhorted the “people of Scripture,” ʾahla l-kitāb, the Jews and Nazoreans, to “ascend,” according to the traditional biblical expression, as “perfect men,” muslimūn. This was by virtue of a common vocation in Abraham that existed well before the “descent” of the Torah and the Gospel (III:64.) The author thus reversed the whole of Saint Paul’s teaching according to which the Gospel, having fulfilled the promise made prior to the Torah, rendered the later obsolete.
The destination of this “ascent” is the House of “Bakka” (III:96,) i.e., the Temple of Jerusalem, which is so named in reference to the Valley of Bākkāʾ, the last stage of the pilgrims going to Jerusalem.
Yet, it was a failure, which is related in Sūrah III. We find it reflected in perfectly dated historical events when, from 617 on, the Persians turned against their Jewish and Arab allies. The Jews were deported, yet the Saracens seem to have been sufficiently spared to retain their hope of victory after this “providential” ordeal. Father de Nantes then hypothesised that, shaken by the ordeal, the author, remembering the catechetics of the monks, his first masters, dared to identify himself with Jesus, the prophet humiliated by God Himself, scorned, crucified, died and risen.
THE “SIGN” OF JESUS, “SON OF MARY.”
The author then relates the entire history of Jesus (III:33-59,) but he reduces it to a prefigurative myth. In fact, he presents Mary as the sister of Moses; Jesus is therefore his “nephew.” By this telescoping effect that abolishes an interval of forty generations, the author deliberately breaks the momentum of Sacred History, which is entirely oriented towards the coming of the King-Messiah, the Son of David of royal lineage. If the author professes belief in the virginal conception of Jesus (III:47,) He nonetheless remains a mortal who is “‘formed’ from ‘broods’;” (III:59;) the people of Israel.
“The angels” announce to Mary that Jesus will be “among the victims,” mina l-muqarrabīna, that he will “call to the Way” and, in the end, “will be placed among those who prosper.” These are evanescent and mysterious announcements, but what do they announce?
The entire evocation of Jesus’ public life tends to deny His divine power as manifested in miracles.
In the account of the Passion of Jesus, the author deliberately extends Judas’ betrayal to all those who follow Jesus, the Nazoreans, in order to draw a lesson: the Nazoreans have always betrayed ʾislām.
The author thus places the figure of Jesus in the centre of Sūrah III. He assumes the role of “victim,” but not as mediator: he is only “among” the victims and having, in the end, been placed “among those who prosper,” the way that he indicates to the author himself and to those who follow him, victims in their turn of a “calvary,” is one of success, of a victorious revenge, of a definitive return.
In Arabic: qarḥun. The author conceives of this “ordeal” of the defeat as a calvary. We see therefore that far from abandoning the project that he believed directly inspired by the “God of deliverances,” our author brilliantly draws from the sources of the New Testament, from the Gospel deriving from the calvary experienced by Jesus, son of Mary, the unfailing hope in a forthcoming “deliverance” (!) for him and his faithful. For this is how, the author adds, that “the God” discerns “those who are faithful to him” and his “witnesses,” šuhadāʾakum. These, like “martyrs” are “crushed” by this purifying ordeal, while the “apostates” are annihilated. The distinction is very similar to the one made in the Gospel: the Father “prunes” the branches that bear fruit to make them bear even more, and “cuts out” those that bear no fruit (Jn 15:2.) The resolve to make the situations correspond is surprising.
A paramount illustration of this can be found in the qualifying adjective muḥammadun, “beloved” that the author applies to himself (III:144.) In fact, he explains to his faithful, who are tempted to abandon, that death is the fate of everyone even of “a beloved one” who is only an “oracle” wa ma muḥammadun illā rasūlun. “The oracle who had preceded him was already weak,” he adds, referring to Jesus, son of Mary. Then, he poses to his faithful the same question that Jesus had asked to His Apostles after the discourse on the Bread of Life (Jn 6:67) : “even if he were to die, or if he were killed, would you retrace your steps?” (III:144) This passage shows how much the author likens himself to Jesus, even to the point of announcing his death. We understand now: it is because Jesus is only his precursor. In fact, he knows that he is “the object of the predilections,” muḥammadun, as was “Jesus, son of Mary,” in his own time. This is the meaning of this mysterious word that is not a proper noun, but the transcription from the Hebrew ʾîš ḥamudôt, “the man of the predilections,” which described the prophet Daniel (Dn 9:23.)
In this verse, the author thus joins the glorious assurance of being the object of divine favours, muḥammadun, to a justification of his weakness, his vulnerability, revealed by the failure of the first “ascent” to Jerusalem. What cleverness!
“IT IS THE GOD WHO IS KING”
It is at Petra, in Nabataea, according to the indications provided in Sūrahs IV and V, that the author assembles his faithful. Like a new Moses at Kadesh, making this “rabble” a people united in the faith of Abraham, in the cult of the Law and ready for the conquest of the Promised Land. He strives to restore and increase this new people “destined for a great deliverance,” (IV:19) by enacting theological rather than legal regulations: orphans, widows and families, inheritances... All of this is done with insistence on the fragile and contingent nature of human life, opposed to the absolute existence of the God “who is,” ʾallāha kāna (IV:13). He also endows them with a ‘tradition’ through a “teaching,” sunana, which is not new. It is rather the fruit of a “call”, the very voice of God (Dt 4:12) “Most High,” ʿalīyan, “Magnificent,” kabīran, which must be understood – in order not “to roast in the fire” and to see a “door of grace”– Jerusalem!
In order to understand the substance of these last two sūrahs, which finish unveiling to us the intimate thought of the author, we must follow Father de Nantes who underscored their two main features in the postface that he devoted in 1997 to Volume III of Brother Bruno’s translation.
THE PAN-ARABIC AMBITION
When the author is about to embark his faithful on the road to Jerusalem, he pronounces a most germane “oracle.” As is his constant practice since the first verses of Sūrah II, he draws it from ancient accounts as prophecies of contemporary events. “Good news” bašīrun, and “warning” naḏīrun! It is the account of Abel’s murder by Cain, which is repeated throughout the history of humanity, every time that an innocent is put to death. According to the biblical account, God granted Seth to Eve to replace Abel (Gn 4:25.) Here, however, “the God” “creates”... “an Arab!” ġurāban (V:31,) according to biblical Hebrew ʿarabî. He is destined to model on Abel in order to teach Cain to resemble him. He is the author in person! Like Yahweh in days of old Who inquired after Abel’s blood, he must “investigate” in the Holy Land where Jews and Christians are killing each other, in order to call “those who are faithful” to “gather into bands,” jāhidū, to “judge” them, to lead them, like a new Samuel, each according to his own law, Torah, ʿat-tawrātu, or Gospel, ʿal-ʾinjīl, but in accordance with the “addition” and the “custom” that was inspired to each from on high (V:45-50.)
“THE GOD IS.”
Establishing a link between the works of the ancient Semite scholars and the discoveries of Brother Bruno, Father de Nantes also saw in the redundancy of the formula “the God is” kāna llāhu or ʾallāha kāna, repeated throughout Sūrah IV, the author’s resolve to revive the notion of the unique divinity common to the Semites: ʿIl, particularly present in southern Arabia. He would do this, however, via the God of Moses, Yahweh, “He Is,” in Arabic kāna. (surah I)
There is still more to come.
THE IMMENSE PRIDE OF A DISSIDENT
Being a knowledgeable theologian, Father de Nantes perceived more deeply that the intention of the author was to take the opposite tack of Jesus’ so impressive affirmation in the fourth Gospel, marked out, as is Sūrah IV, with the repeated and unequivocal (!) affirmation of His divinity: “I am” egô eimi. It is the manifestation of what Brother Bruno’s exegesis reveals about the author: his systematic resolve to contradict Christ, to blaspheme Him and finally, to substitute himself for Him.
TO CONTRADICT CHRIST.
Instances of this antichrist reaction abound: the author restores the lex talionis with an addition that abolishes the Gospel beatitude of the meek: “life for life, eye for eye, wrath for wrath” (V:45.) By prescribing to the faithful to wash their hands “to the elbow” before prayer (V:6,) the author does not only return to Jewish ritualism; he contradicts Jesus’ teaching on the positive purity of the heart, acquired by the grace that flows from His pierced Heart on the Cross. The author is so well aware of this that he attacks the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the wellspring of this grace in the Precious Blood of the Lamb of God, by restoring animal sacrifices (V:3,) by forbidding this divine drink to his faithful through a ban on “wine and strong drink” (V:90) and by casting suspicion on the Eucharistic meal (V:43.)
TO BLASPHEM CHRIST.
The author denies Jesus’ divine Sonship “Christ Jesus, son of Mary is only an oracle.” (IV:171) and cleverly deforms the authentic words of Jesus Who invokes His Father and our Father, His God and our God under the name of “Elohim our Master” (V:114,) “the God, my Master and your Master” (V:72, 117.) The author makes Jesus deny the whole mystery of the mutual inhabitation of the Father and the Son, which is revealed by the fourth Gospel: by falsifying his words. “You know what is in me and I do not know what is in You” (V:116.)
Father de Nantes remarks that this spirit of blasphemy attacks Mary, venerated by Christians “amongst women,” (IV:129) just as much as Her Son, and to the same extent, as “two [purported] gods” (V:116.) Who ever professed such a Mariolatry? No one! The author only pushes the point in order to give himself good reasons to reject it, and not for Jesus’ benefit, but for his own!
TO SUPERSEDE CHRIST.
The author does not conceal his intention of uncrowning Christ, apparently to the benefit of God, but in reality for his own benefit. Father de Nantes thus points out that the author is so steeped in the Gospel according to Saint John that he knows full well where this royal power of Jesus, this “exaltation” comes from: “And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all things to Myself.” (Jn 12:32.) The Cross is His throne where Jesus appears in the eyes of all as the Saviour of the world. To bring down Jesus Who is “raised up,” ʿal-jibt, (IV:51,) the author does not hesitate to deny the historical fact: “They did not kill or crucify him, and that is why he came back to them.” (IV:157.) Because all eyes are on “Him Whom they have pierced” (Jn 19:37,) the author insists: “They did not kill him by piercing him” (IV:157.) By this single negation, he dries up the source of the sacraments. Sūrahs IV and V abolish them one after another: marriage, baptism, the Eucharist, perhaps even the priesthood: “do not take them for leaders!” (III:51)
By this detail, Father de Nantes observes, “we see how much the immemorial jealousy that the author is claiming to quell between the Jews and the Nazoreans is now a fire that is burning him himself.”
In fact, the author ends up stating it clearly: “Whoever takes for leaders the God and his oracle and those who are faithful, that is the sword of the God” (V:56.) The two edged sword of the exterminating Word, which comes out of the mouth of the “Son of man” in the vision of Saint John on Patmos (Ap 1:16) becomes the attribute of the author, for he is “the oracle” of the God. Thus he appears in the place of Christ Jesus in His capacity of judge (V:42, 48-49,) after already having presented himself as “the man of the predilections” in Sūrah III.
Brother Bruno’s translation and systematic commentary on only the first five sūrahs of the Qurʾān are sufficient enough to see how much the constant, meditated intention of the author of the Qurʾān runs contrary to God’s plan that can be summed up in Saint Pius X’s motto: Omnia instaurare in Christo. Brother Bruno was guided and encouraged in this work by Father de Nantes who drew the conclusions from it that are covered in this article.
The immense merit of our Brother Bruno’s unremitting work is to have shown how much the Qurʾān does not constitute a derision or a bad plagiary of the Bible, but rather another “holy Book” alongside the Torah and the Gospel, posing as the authentic revelation, by “the God,” of the same prophetic movement.
Islam has undeniable foundational events that have not been sufficiently discussed in this article, and its founder, who considered himself the ‘muḥammadun’ “of the God,” took care to relate them by a significant link to the events and oracles of the religions that preceded it, only toning down or effacing to a large extent their prophetic nature, in order to interpret them in a mythical manner, as symbolic illustrations and prophetical announcements of the Muslim religion, ʿal-ʾislam, or as we would say in English: “the perfection.”
“What you have discovered is prodigious,” Father de Nantes wrote to Brother Bruno, “and it leads me, in these times of terrorism, racism, and hatred, to praise, above all your irenicism, and even your benevolence towards these millions of Muslims to whom you dream of giving the initial matrix of their religion, with a view to scholarly and fruitful controversy.”
For, God did not promise a “Way” to Adam and Eve, but a Redeemer, born of the lineage of the Woman, Who is Her Son, our Saviour, “Jesus, son of Mary.” Today, God wishes to establish in the world a “perfect religion:” devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. It is by embarking on this “Way without quarrel” that our Holy Father, Pope Francis, will obtain from God peace for the world and will reconcile Christians, Jews and Muslims in the One Catholic Church.
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The Vassil Bojkov Collection comprises archaeological material which has entered over several years. It includes various types of art work and artifacts, made of different materials, and dating from the Neolithic period to the Late Antiquity.
Among the more significant classes of artifacts are: arms and weapons, harness parts and decorations, adornments and belt appliqués, metal and clay household and cult objects, metal and stone sculpture.
The impressive selection of bronze, silver and gold vessels represents the core of the Collection. This significant group comprises vases and utensils ranging from the 8th century BC to the 6th century AD, which were issued from workshops situated on the entire ancient world: Middle and Near East, Asia Minor, continental and island Greece, North Aegean coast, the neighboring to Greece Thrace and Macedonia, Scythia on the North Black Sea steps, as well as Etruria and South Italy (Magna Graecia). Among the most noteworthy is the group of bronze and silver horns and rhyta. The silver vases and utensils, and the various forms of silver drinking cups decorated with gilded figures represent a separate category. The Collection houses three gilded silver vases representing Orpheus, which are the sole depictions of the mythical musician known on metal vessels to this date. Equally rare on metal ware are the representations of Theseus and Helen, the famous ancient Greek heroes, which adorn some gilded silver cups and kantharoi.
A large part of the Collection are bronze vessels of various types: oinochoae (wine jugs), situlae (buckets), hydriae and amphorae (large containers for water and wine), phialae (libation plates), cups, ladles, strainers, etc.
The inscriptions found on some of the vases are of special value and outstanding significance. Some of them indicate the names of the represented figures, others the name of the owner of the object or the weight of the vase; at times they are short formulas of dedication, or more enigmatic graffiti and monograms. Some of the inscriptions are carefully punched, others are chased with more diligence or they are simply scratched on the metal surface.
The Collection is undergoing systematic publication in a series of volumes, the first of which is dedicated to the focal group of the pre-Roman metal vases and utensils, and includes 146 artifacts. The second volume, as well dedicated to the same group, is under preparation.
The Thrace Foundation Publishers was founded in 2004 and it is focused on issue of scientific literature, relevant to the protection of the Bulgarian cultural and historical heritage and its promotion.
The Thrace Foundation Publishers has realized the following editions:
Marazov I., G. Kabakchieva, G. Lazov, T. Shalganova. 2005. Vassil Bojkov Collection. Catalogue. Sofia (in Bulgarian and English).
Marazov I., G. Kabakchieva. 2007. The Splendor of Bulgaria. Vassil Bojkov Collection. Exhibition catalogue. Sofia (in Bulgarian and English).
Marazov I., G. Kabakchieva, T. Shalganova. 2009. The saved Treasures of Ancient Thrace. Exhibition catalogue. Sofia (in Bulgarian, Russian and English).
Marazov I. 2011. Thrace and the Ancient World. Vassil Bojkov Collection. Exhibition catalogue. Sofia (in Bulgarian and English).
Sideris A. 2015. Theseus in Thrace. The silver lining on the clouds of the Athenian-Thracian relations in the 5th century BC. Sofia.
Sideris A. 2016. Metal Vases and Utensils in the Vassil Bojkov Collection. Vol. 1. Sofia.
The first volume of the catalogue of Metal Vases and Utensils in the Vassil Bojkov Collection is articulated in five chapters. The first one spans the 8th to the mid 4th centuries BC and comprises Phrygian, Phoenician and other pre-Achaemenid vessels from the Middle and Near East and Anatolia. It includes as well several Achaemenid creations, many of which represent the Lydian toreutic school, while distinctive traits on others betray the intensity of the Achaemenid contacts with the Greek cities of the Propontis and the Aegean coast of Asia Minor.
The second chapter deals with the Greek toreutic output of the Archaic period, with artefacts ranging from the second quarter of the 6th to the first quarter of the 5th centuries BC. It represents all the major centres: Laconia, Corinth, Ionia, Western Greece and Magna Graecia.
The third chapter contains creations of the same centres, to which now Athens, Argos, Campania and Etruria are added. It encompasses the period between the end of the Persian Wars and the end of the Peloponnesian War. The Athenian and Athenian-related silverware of this period forms a distinctive group, the technical perfection, the aesthetic value and the outstanding significance of which place the Vassil Bojkov Collection in the leading position among the museum collections of Classical toreutics worldwide.
The fourth chapter deals with the entire 4th century BC: it comprises almost exclusively Greek works issued from already well-established centres, like Corinth and Athens, now joined by those of South Italy and Macedonia. During this century, Macedonia, Thrace and Scythia reach unprecedented heights in the use, grave deposition and, presumably, production of metal vases, especially those of precious metals: a phenomenon undoubtedly related to both the expansion of the Greek cultural model, and the sudden influx of huge amounts of wealth, originating from the acquisition of the Achaemenid royal treasuries. Some vase-types, such as situlae, oinochoae and cups, display no breaks in their evolution at the end of the Classical period. Therefore their development is followed until the turn of the 4th century, when a more conspicuous change occurs in the trends and fashions of the material culture, as a result of profound shifts of power and of the economic epicentres taking place outside the Greek peninsula.
The last chapter collects material from the 3rd to the early 1st centuries BC, mostly cups, from areas once considered as the periphery of the Greek world, but now becoming the emerging centres of the Hellenistic ecumene.
Each entry of the catalogue has a brief main heading, sequentially numbered, and a more descriptive secondary passage, always mentioning the material of which the artefact is made, as well as its inventory number in the collection. The body of the text of each entry is divided into three sections: the technical description – printed in slightly smaller characters – followed by the physical description of the artefact and the discussion. The 146 artefacts presented in this volume are illustrated by 388 pictures and 110 drawings, and their entries are supported by 111 pictures of comparable artefacts in other collections and museums.
Some 500 place names – of the find spots, the production centres, and the regions mentioned in the text – are shown on the three accompanying maps. The catalogue concludes with three indexes (personal names, place names, general index), followed by a list of the 21 inscriptions and graffiti, a list of figures of the comparanda, and a concordance list, intended to facilitate the identification of the entries in the current volume with those in the previous publications of the Thrace Foundation.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO ALL INSTITUTIONS AND PERSONS WHO PROVIDED PHOTOGRAPHS
Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
American Numismatic Society, USA
Antikensammlung der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin, Germany
Archaeological Museum of Igoumenitsa, Greece
Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece
Archaeological Museum of Vergina, Greece
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
British Museum, London, UK
Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Hermitage, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Historical Museum, Shumen, Bulgaria
Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid, Spain
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
National Historical Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria
Princeton University Art Museum, USA
Regional Historical Museum, Vratsa, Bulgaria
Staatliche Antikensammlungen – Glyptothek, Munich, Germany
The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology – University of Reading, UK
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
General coordination / Yoana Cholakova
Texts and concept / Athanasios Sideris
General editorial supervision / Ruja Popova
English language editing / Don Evely
Art Director & Graphic design / Bilyana Savova
Conservation and restoration of the VBC artefacts / Prof. Dr. Vesselina Inkova
Drawings of the VBC artefacts / Vania Malakchieva
Photographs of the VBC artefacts / Marin Karavelov
Maps / Davis Dinkov, Cartographic studio DavGEO
Prepress / Vladimir Stamenkov
Production consultant / Yoan Georgiev, Bulged
A new publication by Thrace Foundation
Athanasios Sideris: Metal Vases and Utensils in the Vassil Bojkov Collection, vol. 1, Sofia 2016
Thrace Foundation just published the first volume of the projected systematic scientific catalogues of the Vassil Bojkov Collection. The collection includes various categories of archaeological material, from jewelry to marble statues. The richest and most important class of artifacts is, however, the toreutics and especially the metal vases, to which precisely is dedicated the recent volume. Its five chapters present 146 vases and utensils, of which more than half were previously unpublished, made of bronze, silver and gold.
Rare large containers, such as amphorae and cauldrons, are discussed next to exquisite silver gilt drinking cups. Vases, which have served in the prestigious social custom of the banquet, are presented along with others, which might have had ritual function. Many of them were created in workshops of the Middle and Near East and represent the aesthetic and social values of the Phrygians, the Phoenicians or the Persians. Even more exemplars come from the workshops of Peloponnese, Athens, Macedonia and the Aegean coasts. The variety of shapes, the intriguing functions, the luxurious decoration, the rarely depicted myths occurring on some of these vases, as well as the diversity of inscriptions and graffiti, are some of the characteristics, which actually range the collection amongst the richest worldwide regarding metal vases. The volume is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of high quality full color pictures of the artifacts and their details, with profile and detail drawings, and with depictions of comparative material from other museums and collections. Maps, indexes, lists and cross-references make the reading enjoyable for everyone, while the specialist is gratified with an extensive and updated bibliography to guide further research. | <urn:uuid:17d94d01-ecaa-4ec1-9a30-3af201b01989> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://vassilbojkovcollection.bg/?v=461b1990fe86 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.90628 | 2,386 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Many Women In Idaho Have Left The Workforce. Here's Why That Matters
The national unemployment numbers released at the beginning of the month confirmed what many had anticipated: the economic crisis brought on by the coronavirus pandemic is staggering. In fact the scale of this crisis is unlike anything since the Great Depression and for the first time in decades this crisis has a predominantly non-white, female face.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, women accounted for 55% of the 20.5 million jobs lost in April.
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"Fact-checking is one of the biggest challenges in the age of post-truth, where it doesn’t count what happened but it counts what is said about it. Many giants like Google, Facebook cooperate with the media to establish fact-checking platforms, assigning to themselves the right to determine what is truth and what is a lie. Their stated goal is very positive, but having in mind numerous fake news accusations to Sputnik that were either groundless or later proved to be real news, we understand that their fact-checking platforms can be biased and not credible enough," Dmitry Gornostaev, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency's, of which Sputnik is part of, said at the forum.
Gornostayev went on to explain how creating a separate platform from Western media portals would diversify the global information space and give it an alternative voice to mainstream media.
"The suggestion is to consider the idea of creating our own fact-checking platform with the participation of the media of BRICS nations. We have to build it by ourselves and not take it from Facebook or Google. Otherwise the term of real truth will be monopolized by the West and their system will continue to deny the right of other nations to tell the truth," Gornostaev concluded.
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This example shows how to draw an additional element (a callout) on top of the chart.
QChart class provides two methods that map between the scene coordinates and the series domain (defined by the axes ranges).
Running the Example¶
To run the example from Qt Creator , open the Welcome mode and select the example from Examples. For more information, visit Building and Running an Example.
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We are still spending more time at home these days (*sigh*), but Family Science and Family Engineering have always encouraged families to explore and become aware of science and engineering happening in their everyday lives. When we really start looking, science and engineering are everywhere!
So, here are a few ways that science and engineering showed up at my house in April 2021.
Spring – The flowers are in full bloom around here, and after this particular winter, they are so welcome. The changing of the seasons is an easily observably phenomenon that brings wonder and beauty, but also great questions about why the seasons change.
Vaccines! – I finally qualified, and I’m now fully vaccinated for SARS-CoV-2. The development of this vaccine broke all previous records for speed. Pfizer alone tested their vaccine on over 43,000 people. It really is a “moon shot” kind of story for STEM.
Birds – We are bird fans around this house. We have a hummingbird feeder, a suet feeder and two water sources for the birds. We love the changing menagerie of bird visitors we see. (This photo is a particularly funny look at our suet feeder one morning – it looks like a face!) What was really exciting was a visit to our neighborhood by a Bald Eagle. I took this photo with my phone through our spotting scope, but he/she was really close…just one house away! Take some time to get to know your local birds by putting up a feeder or water source (or both!) and visiting a local nature center or Audubon Center.
Garden – We also like to garden and work in our yard, so spring planting happened in early April. We planted the cool-season plants that grow best in our area and yard like strawberries, snow peas, snap peas, carrots, radishes, and greens like lettuce, kale, and chard. Now it’s time to plan the warm-season planting of green beans, tomatoes and squash. The real stars of our garden though are the chickens. I cannot recommend them enough if you have the time and space for them and your municipality allows them. However, please educate yourself before launching into caring for any live animal. (Chicken Keeping 101!)
Now it’s your turn! What science & engineering showed up in your life in April 2021?
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Discuss the options available for rented and owned housing and whether renters or owners pay more for housing. Determine how much buyers can afford for housing. Discuss the various mechanisms for financing a home. Objectives
Identify the numerous costs of buying a home, including principle, interest, and closing costs. List and describe the steps in the home-buying process. Identify some important concerns in the process of selling a home. Objectives
Housing Decision Young Single • Rental housing has limited maintenance and offers mobility. • Purchase a home or a condominium for financial and tax benefits. • Single Parent • Rental housing can provide suitable environment for children and some degree of housing security. • Purchase low-maintenance housing to meet financial and social needs of family. • Young Couple, No Children • Rental housing offers convenience and flexibility of lifestyle. • Purchase housing for financial benefits and to build long-term financial security. • Couple, Children No Longer At Home • Rental housing for convenience, flexibility for changing needs and financial situation. • Purchase housing that requires minimal maintenance and meets lifestyle needs. Couple, Young Children • Rental housing can provide facilities for children in a family-oriented area. • Purchase a home to meet financial and other family needs. • Retired Person • Rental housing meet financial, social, and physical needs. • Purchase housing that requires minimal maintenance, offers convenience, and provides needed services.
Renting Your Residence • Advantages • Mobility • Fewer responsibilities • Lower costs initially • More amenities • Disadvantages • Few financial benefits • Restricted lifestyle • Cost of renting - deposits • Legal concerns of a lease
Largest Physical Capital Investment Made by a Family is a HOUSE. • Home Ownership rates 2012: • US = 65.4% (lowest since 1997) • Utah = 71.5% • Since 1900, home ownership has been in excess of 40% in the U.S.
Housing Prices are determined by Supply & Demand • Demand • Average household size down • Average income up • Availability of substitutes down • Life cycle stage of housing • Childhood home, apartment, starter home, family home, empty nest home, retirement home, institutionalization or back to family, burial vault • Supply • Business cycle
Advantages of Owning • Pride of ownership • American dream/norm • Reduced income taxes • deduct property taxes • deduct mortgage interest
Advantages of Owning (continued) • Build an equity • pay down the loan • price appreciation • Builds your credit rating • Forced savings-portion of mortgage payment goes toward building up equity. • Hedge against inflation • Lifestyle flexibility • can express your individuality
Disadvantages of Owning • Financial risk • need down payment • home prices could drop • Opportunity cost of money tied up in purchase. • Limited mobility • can take time to sell • Higher living costs • maintenance • repairs & improvements • utilities & insurance • real estate taxes
Based on cash flow, renters appear to win After taxes and appreciation, owners usually win Renting vs. Owning Your Home • WHO PAYS MORE:
A Cost-Benefit Approach (CBA) to the home ownership decision • 1. What is the time period over which the household plans to own/rent? • 2. What are the one-time fixed costs associated with purchasing the home? • down payment • closing costs (e.g., points, fees) • Do you pay these costs if you are renting?
A Cost-Benefit Approach (CBA) to the home ownership decision • 3. What are the recurring (i.e., monthly) NET costs associated with owning compared to renting? • How much more does it cost you to own than to rent every single month? You want to get that money back at the end… • Sum of owning costs (mortgage payment, property taxes, hazard insurance, operating and maintenance expenses) minus tax savings • Sum of renting costs (rent, operating expenses) • 4. What will the outstanding loan balance be at the end of the time period? • You have to pay off your loan when you sell • 5. What will the estimated selling costs be at the end of the time period? • You need to pay a realtor, and you want to get those dollars back
A Cost-Benefit Approach (CBA) to the home ownership decision • 6. Place all of these costs into future value dollars using 3% real interest rate • Remember, all of our dollars have to be at one point in time – we are putting all of our dollars in to the future • One-time costs (because these costs are one-time costs): FV=PV(1+r)n • Recurring costs (because these costs happen every single month): • Loan balance (already in future dollars; do not need to use a formula): • Selling costs: • Add up the one-time costs, recurring costs, loan balance, and selling costs, for the total costs expressed in future value terms • This equals the minimum required future value of the home, or the break even price • This is how much you have to sell your home for in the future in order to get back all of the dollars that you have spent
A Cost-Benefit Approach (CBA) to the home ownership decision • 7. Compute the interest rate • This interest rate is the annual rate of appreciation that will have to occur if you are to break even on purchasing a house rather than renting for n years. • This converts the dollar amount into an interest rate, so that you can compare your housing investment with other types of investments
DECISION RULE - • If the forecasted rate of housing appreciation is greater than the calculated interest rate, then economic benefits of home ownership outweigh the economic costs. • So, buy the house • If the forecasted housing appreciation rate is less than the calculated interest rate, then the economic costs of home ownership outweigh the economic benefits. • So, rent
Example • Original Purchase Price = $100,000 • 1. Time period = 8 years • 2. One-time fixed costs: • Down Payment = $10,000 • Closing Costs = $3,000 • Total = __________ • 3. Recurring Net costs • Sum of owning costs – tax savings = $1200 • Sum of renting costs = $900 • Net Costs = $1200 - $900 = _______ • 4. Loan balance: $81,900 (get from amortization table) • 5. Selling Costs: $6,000
6. FV of one-time costs = FV=13000(1+.03)8 FVA of recurring costs (with monthly compounding) = =$16,468 = $32,504 Example
Example • 6. Now, add up all of the future costs: • FV • FVA • Loan Balance • Selling Costs • = $136,872 ($16,468 + $32,504 + $81,900 + $6,000)
Example • 7. • = 0.04 or 4%
Example • Decision = • if forecasted housing appreciation rates are higher than 4%, you should buy this house
Renting versus Buying Place of Residence Comparing an apartment with $1,250 of monthly rent and a home that cost $200,000. A 28% tax rate is assumed.
Housing Options for Home Buyers • Single-family dwelling • tract housing • built on speculation by builder • built to your specifications • previously lived in home • manufactured home • mobile home
Home Buying Process Step 1: Determine Ownership Needs • How much you can afford • down payment • loan amount • size and quality • handyman’s special • sweat equity
Home Buying Process Step 2: Finding and Evaluating a Property to Purchase • Select a location • Zoning laws • Covenants, codes and restrictions • Using a real estate agent • Property appraisal • Conducting a home inspection 9-15
Home Buying Process Step 3: Pricing the Property • Determining the price to offer • Negotiating the purchase price • seller’s or buyer’s market • earnest money • Contingency clauses • home passes structural inspection • able to get a loan
Estimating Mortgage Loan Payments for Principal and Interest Estimating Mortgage Loan Payments for Principal and Interest (Monthly Payment per $1,000 Borrowed) Note: To use this table to calculate a monthly mortgage payment, divide the amount borrowed by 1,000 and multiply by the appropriate figure in the table where the interest rate and the time period for the loan intersect. For example, a $150,000 loan for 30 years at 9 percent would require a payment of $1,206.93 [($150.000/1,000) x 8.0462]; over 15 years it would require a payment of $1,521.41.
Effect of Down Payment Effect of Down Payment Size on Monthly Payment for a $150,000 Home (7 Percent Mortgage Loan for 30 Years)
How do households finance the purchase of a house? • Down payment • typically 10% of selling price, but 20% is the magic number • Mortgage • loan to pay the seller the difference between the purchase price and the down payment • Mortgage choices impact the economic cost of a home
Type of Mortgages • Conventional • fixed rate, amortized • 5, 10 or 20 percent down • 15, 20 or 30 years of fixed payments • Government guaranteed • Veterans Administration • Federal Housing Administration • Adjustable rate mortgages • varies with the prime rate but has a rate cap
Type of Mortgages (continued) • Graduated payment • payments start lower and go up • for persons whose income will increase • Balloon • fixed monthly payments plus one large payment, usually after 3, 5 or 7 years • Growing equity • payment increases to allow loan to be paid off more quickly
Type of Mortgages (continued) • Shared appreciation • borrower agrees to share appreciated value of the home with the lender • Home equity loans • a second mortgage • home is collateral and interest may be tax deductible • Reverse • a loan based on the home equity • Refinancing
Economic Advantages and Disadvantages of Fixed Rate Mortgage? • Advantages: • future housing costs are known with relative certainty (only possible changes are property taxes, insurance, and utilities) • can choose 15-year, 20-year, 25-year, 30-year, 40-year, or 50-year loan time • interest deductions from income taxes are high during the early years of the loan
Economic Advantages and Disadvantages of Fixed Rate Mortgage? • Disadvantages: • more difficult for young households (with lower incomes) to qualify • Locked in to the fixed rate. • Tax advantages lessen over time (typically at the point where household income and the marginal tax rate are both rising)
Fixed rate FHA or VA mortgage • Federally insured mortgages • If the borrower defaults, the lender still gets the money. • Advantages: • interest rates frequently lower on FHA or VA mortgages than on conventional mortgages • qualifying is typically easier • FHA/VA loans are assumable • down payment requirements are typically lower
Fixed rate FHA or VA mortgage • Disadvantages: • loan limits (2008 = $729,750 in SLC, Summit, and Tooele Counties; $323,750 in Utah County; $271,050 most everywhere else) • insurance fees (1.5% upfront, + 0.50% per year of the loan amount – can be financed) • typically pay additional points (one-time, fixed costs) • Rates on 10/30/08 • 30 year fixed is 6.46%, with 0.7 points • 15 year fixed is 6.19%, with 0.7 points • May take longer to process
Self-amortizing, Adjustable Rate Mortgage (ARM) • Interest rate and monthly payment are both variable (e.g., adjustable). • Example: • loan amount = $200,000 • interest rate = 6.0% initially • time period = 30 years • initial monthly payment: $1199.10
More about the ARM interest rate • Index - market interest rate that is not directly controlled by the lender. It is used to initially set and periodically adjust the interest rate on the loan • Spread - the amount that is added to the index to arrive at the the ARM interest rate.
More about the ARM interest rate • Frequency of rate change - how often the lending institution can change the ARM interest rate. • Rate cap - limitations on either the increase or the decrease in the ARM interest rate that can occur at a point in time. • Frequency of payment change - how often monthly payments can change (typically the same as frequency of rate change -- if not, there is the possibility of negative amortization)
Economic Advantages and Disadvantages of an Adjustable Rate Mortgage? • Advantages: • Initial interest rates are typically lower • If you are buying when mortgage rates are high, but expected to fall in the future • Disadvantages: • Greater uncertainty about what future mortgage payments will be
Graduated Payment Mortgage (GPM) • Interest rate is fixed but the monthly payment rises over time -- supposedly as the household’s income rises. • Example: • loan amount = $200,000 • interest rate = 7.0% • time period = 30 years • monthly payment at first is $800 (rather than $1330.60) • After 2 years, payment goes to $1000 • After another 2 years, payment goes to $1200 • Then payment is $1553.60 for the rest of the loan (24 years)
Interest Payments on a Graduated Payment Mortgage • Month 1: • payment = $800.00 • interest owed: $200,000(.07/12) = $1166.67 • loan increased by: $1166.67 - $800 = $366.67 • Month 2: • payment = $800.00 • interest owed: $200,366.67(.07/12) = $1168.81 • loan increased by: $1168.81 - $800 = $368.81 • This is an example of negative amortization
Economic Advantages and Disadvantages of a Graduated Payment Mortgage? • Advantages: • Easier to qualify for lower income households • lower monthly payments early in the mortgage • Disadvantages: • Loan amount is larger than with a conventional, fixed rate mortgage • Payments will be higher in the later stages of the loan (must be confident that income will rise or else this may present a problem)
Reverse Equity Mortgages (REM) • A reverse mortgage is a loan against your home that you do not have to pay back for as long as you live there. • It can be paid to you all at once, as a regular monthly advance, or at times and in amounts that you choose. • You pay the money back plus interest when you die, sell your home, or permanently move out of your home. • Reverse mortgage loans typically require no repayment for as long as you live in your home. • Your house must be paid off (or close to it) • You must be over 62
REMs • Advantages: • Way to access your home equity without having the burden of repayment • Creates income • Disadvantages: • Reduces the value of your estate • Your home must be sold after your death to repay the REM, if liquid assets are not available to pay off the REM
Interest Only • Your payment only covers the interest owed on the loan • Then you have a balloon payment after a specified # of years (e.g. 7 or 12) with the principal balance due • Or your loan will amortize over a shorter amount of time • E.g. 40 yr IO – pay IO for 10 years, and then amortized over 30 yrs • Advantages: • Lower monthly payments • Maybe good for rental properties and/or high-equity growth areas • Disadvantages: • Negative amortization may occur • No gain in equity from principal reduction • Very risky
Summary: Economic Costs and Economic Benefits of Various Mortgage Instruments Depend Upon... • Life cycle stage • Business cycle stage • Risk tolerance • Liquidity needs
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"I wasn't gonna fire [Mueller]," Trump said in an exclusive interview with ABC News. "You know why? Because I watched Richard Nixon go around firing everybody, and that didn't work out too well."
In what became known as the Saturday Night Massacre in October 1973, Nixon ordered his attorney general to fire Archibald Cox, the special prosecutor investigating the Watergate scandal. Rather than carry out that order, his attorney general and deputy attorney general resigned. Nixon then appointed an acting attorney general, and he fired Cox. Nixon, facing an impeachment inquiry, ultimately became the only U.S. president to resign.
Trump also told Stephanopoulos that, in his opinion, Article II of the U.S. Constitution, which establishes the executive branch and outlines the powers of the presidency, gave him the authority to fire the special counsel.
"Look, Article II. I would be allowed to fire Robert Mueller," Trump said in a portion of the interview that aired on ABC’s "This Week" Sunday. "He wasn't fired. Okay? Number one, very importantly. But more importantly, Article II allows me to do whatever I want. Article II would have allowed me to fire him."
The president's claim that he never tried to fire the special counsel is contradicted by the Mueller report, which outlines multiple instances reported by former White House Counsel Don McGahn when Trump instructed McGahn to have the acting attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, dismiss Mueller.
In the interview, Trump asserted that "a lot of great lawyers" agree with his interpretation of Article II that it affords the president sweeping powers. But the president hedged when asked whether a president can ever obstruct justice.
"So your position is that you can hire or fire anybody, stop or start?" Stephanopoulos asked.
"That is the position of a lot of great lawyers," Trump said. "That's the position of some of the most talented lawyers. And you have to have a position like that because you're the president. But without even bringing up Article II, which absolutely gives you every right."
"So a president can't obstruct justice?" Stephanopoulos asked.
"A president can run the country. And that's what happened, George. I run the country, and I run it well," he responded.
"When the president does it, it's not illegal?" Stephanopoulos pressed.
"I'm just saying a president under Article II -- it's very strong. Read it," Trump said.
The special counsel offered a different interpretation of Article II in his report, which states that "under applicable Supreme Court precedent, the Constitution does not categorically and permanently immunize a President for obstructing justice through the use of his Article II powers."
The report goes on to say that under the United States' system of checks and balances, "Congress may apply the obstruction laws to the President's corrupt exercise of the powers of office."
Mueller’s nearly two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election did not reach a conclusion on whether the president obstructed justice. However, the report, which runs more than 400 pages, outlined 11 episodes of possible obstruction, including the aforementioned attempts to remove the special counsel.
Mueller said he did not reach a conclusion about whether the president obstructed justice because charging the president with a crime was "not an option we could consider" due to a Justice Department opinion that a sitting president cannot be indicted.
Trump Tower Moscow
"I didn’t even do a deal in Moscow," Trump said.
"You were pursuing it," Stephanopoulos followed up.
"Excuse me. Pursuing, what does pursuing mean?" Trump said. "Do you know that I don’t even think they had a site? I don’t even think they knew who was gonna do the deal. It was a concept of a deal, more of a concept than anything else. It was a concept of a deal someplace in Russia, probably in Moscow, and I was looking at places all over the world."
According to the Mueller report, the Trump Organization "explored" a Moscow real estate project that would have included commercial, hotel and residential properties.
"Between 2013 and June 2016, several employees of the Trump Organization, including then-president of the organization Donald J. Trump, pursued a Moscow deal with several Russian counterparties," the report says.
It goes on to say that Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney, "spearheaded" the efforts and reported updates to the Trump Organization, including directly to then-candidate Trump. Cohen also told lawmakers in closed and open sessions that he kept two of the president's adult children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, briefed about the Moscow project.
When pressed on whether voters had a right to know that his company was engaged in business dealings with Russia during the campaign, the president insisted to Stephanopoulos that there was nothing nefarious about the project and he "wouldn’t mind" if information about those dealings was made public.
"I wouldn’t mind telling 'em," he said. "There’s nothing wrong with it -- I don’t consider that pursuing a deal when you don’t even have a site."
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1. Manage stress: While there is quite a bit of uncertainty during this time, do your very best to NOT live in fear or have anxiety about the situation. Keep yourself informed but distance yourself from mass hysteria in order to not get wrapped up in the fear response. Have you ever heard of fight or flight? It is well documented that our immune system shuts down during times of high stress. Yes, this is a serious matter that requires attention, but we are able to use our intellect to make better decisions when we are levelheaded. Mindfulness and meditation are supremely helpful in relieving stress and helping us clear our minds to think clearly.
2. Get plenty of rest, fresh air & movement. Fresh air is vital to a healthy immune system. Many of us are currently working from home-try to make it a point to get outside for 10 minutes a few times per day. Sleep is also crucial to healthy immune function. Studies have shown that people who are sleep deprived have similar changes in immune function as those who have a cold/flu. Movement is essential in supporting a good immune function. Just 20 minutes of exercise each day boosts the feel-good hormones which decreases cortisol levels in the body. Lower cortisol levels mean less inflammation.
3. Avoid inflammatory foods or those foods that you are sensitive to: Highly inflammatory foods like gluten and dairy may wreak havoc on your immune system. You probably do not want to give your immune system another task to do right now. You want your immune system ready for action and not reacting to gluten, dairy, soy or other foods that are problematic for you.
4. What you eat makes a difference: Your immune system requires adequate nutrients in order to function properly. Increase your intake of brightly colored fruits and vegetables such as blueberries, raspberries, spinach, arugula, sprouts, garlic, onions, ginger, parsley, cilantro, cabbage. Brightly colored foods are filled with antioxidants which may prevent viral binding and inflammation.
5. Avoid Processed Foods: As tempting as it may be to soothe our anxiety with comfort foods such as pizza, pasta, and pastries this can often weaken our immune system and suppress it for up to 6 hours. Particularly processed foods such as refined carbohydrates and sugars should be avoided and instead replaced with FRESH fruits and vegetables.
6. Your decisions matter: I cannot stress this enough! – Be wise and discerning about your lifestyle practices and choices. There are things that you can do that will boost immunity and things that you can do that will diminish it. Make smart choices. If you can stay home from work or refrain from social contact, please do. You may feel like your immune system is strong but others around you might not. It is our social responsibility to take care of others as well as ourselves.
7. Stay hydrated: Drinking lots of quality water and herbal teas are important in order to remain hydrated and healthy. Flushing toxins out of your body will help to support your immune system. Our bodies are made up of 70% water on average, all of our organs and glands depend on water to function properly. Okay but how much water should we be drinking? Studies show that half your body weight in ounces is needed to sustain optimal function. However, this means pure water and non caffeinated tea only. Anything that has caffeine or added ingredients such as coffee or soda counts AGAINST our daily intake.
ALREADY DOING THOSE THINGS? GREAT! HERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE OVERALL HEALTH
Vitamin D – 5000 IU to 10, 000 IU per day. Dosing is individual, but aggressive dosing short term supports the immune system.
OMEGAS- Not only are fish oils great at reducing inflammation and supporting cardiac function, but if taken in conjunction with Vitamin D, will actually help the body absorb and utilize vitamin D more efficiently.
Vitamin C-a lack of vitamin C is known to increase our susceptibility to infections. Did you know that humans and guinea pigs are the only mammals that do not produce their own Vitamin C? We need to get Vitamin C from food because our adrenal glands use it up when we are stressed. A higher level of Vitamin C in our bodies mean a healthier and happier immune system.
Chiropractic Adjustments- Getting an adjustment does so much more than just help with chronic neck or back pain. A chiropractic adjustment supports our nervous system by clearing out any nerve interference from brain to body, we call that interference a subluxation. By removing that nerve interference, we then allow a properly working nervous system which will in turn then support our immune function to its best ability!
** The information in this blog is not meant to diagnose, treat, or cure any disease**
Congratulations! You breezed past November and took on December like a champion. Sure, you may have over indulged a little too much during the past two hectic holiday months, but that’s what the season is for. Don’t worry because now is the time to get back on track!During the holidays, your body takes a huge beating with traveling, shopping, and even over eating. That is why it is MOST important to re-establish a self-care and wellness routine can help restore and rejuvenate your system in the new year.
Here are some tips on how establish a sense of normalcy again.
Clear your space of clutter. Start your post holiday routine by taking down holiday decorations. Holiday decor not only takes up physical space but it can trigger emotions and memories, both good and bad. De-cluttering especially after the holidays can help establish a sense of accomplishment , plus it will help make spring cleaning a breeze!
Restore your body with hydration. The holidays can bring on an excessive amount of sugar and alcohol. Sometimes during the holidays, keeping up with drinking enough water can fall to the wayside. Staying hydrated is a natural way to flush and detox your system. Increasing your water intake after the holidays can provide muscle and joint flexibility, improve cardiovascular health and sharpen your concentration.
Make sleep a priority. The holidays wait for no one. Between hosting parties, attending events and prepping for the holidays, you might find yourself not getting enough sleep. Get back into a routine of going to bed and waking up at the same time. Also, you an try limiting your screen time before hitting the pillow. Blue light glasses or filters on your phone an hour or two before bed can be a huge help too! Getting enough sleep can help reduce stress, lower the risk for diabetes, and heart disease and increase endurance.
Now that you have cleaned your mental and physical space, it’s important to revisit your daily or weekly routine that was in place prior to the holiday season! Hop back on the exercise train again, and be sure to schedule your appointments for regular chiropractic adjustments. Chiropractic adjustments help clear your nervous system of extra stress on the body. Once the subluxation is removed you will feel more energized, and your immune system will be able to function at it’s best. Chiropractic adjustments actually increase resilience of the nervous system’s ability to adapt to stress. Getting back into a self-care routine is beneficial mentally, emotionally and physically. YOUR BODY WILL THANK YOU.
If you haven’t been in since before the holidays or are feeling a little extra stressed, please give us a call at 515-278-9678 we would love to see you in the office this year.
The holidays are a time to travel and visit loved ones. But the truth of the matter is, travel can be stressful not only on your body, but also your mind and your spine. We will give tips and tricks on how to keep your immune system, mind and body healthy during the holiday season. Whether you’re catching a flight, jumping on a train, or taking a road trip, keep these tips in mind for stress- less holiday travel.
Don’t forget the Vitamins. Make sure you are taking vitamin D, vitamin C and multi-vitamin as well as Omega’s and a daily probiotic to keep your immune system in tip top shape during the holiday season.
Avoid setting your bags down in public restrooms. While you might think that the toilet is the germiest spot in the place, it’s actually the floors! Instead look for the hooks on the wall or door to hang your bags instead of setting them on the floor.
Wash your hands regularly…don’t forget the kids. Sounds like common sense, but it’s easy to forget when you’re on the move. Frequent hand washing will help reduce the amount of germs on your hands. Studies have shown that frequent hand washers have fewer cold and flu symptoms.
Watch sugar intake. It’s a celebratory time of the year, but it’s important to keep an eye on too many sweet treats. Just two cans of soda can weaken white blood cells’ ability to kill germs by 40 percent!
Keep your spine in line! Proper spinal alignment not only helps you feel fine, but also gives you an immune boost. Regular chiropractic adjustments can boost your immune system by 200%!!!!
*Take a moment to breathe* It can be easy to get a little stressed out during the holidays, especially if you are traveling. Deep breathing techniques can help slow heartbeat, stabilize blood pressure and circulate more oxygen throughout the body. Try some diaphragmatic breathing techniques (previously published blog) before you take off and land, which can help keep you feeling calm and relaxed.
Practice Gratitude. The holidays are about so much more than just presents. Be mindful of where you are and who you’re with, the sights, sounds and smells of the holiday. Stay present and relax in the company of the friends and family around you. If you stay present and feel grateful for the time you get to spend with friends and family- you’ll stress less.
Get enough Sleep– It can be hard to sleep in a different place if you are traveling for the holidays, but it is SO important so get 6-8 hours even during the holidays. Our bodies cells actually talk to each other and repair when you are sleeping. The holidays can be taxing if you are traveling, so you need to get enough to sleep to counter the extra stress.
ICE ICE BABY. Dreading a long flight due to back stiffness? Plan ahead and pack a gallon size zip-lock bag in your purse or carry on bag. Once you take flight and get settled the flight attendants will be around to offer beverages. Get your zip-lock-bag out and ask for ICE to put in the bag for your back. Using ice on the flight will reduce inflammation which will prevent post flight stiffness and soreness.
Bring your own pillow. If you’re flying or using public transportation, you can rest easy knowing your pillow is clean and ready to go. Also, if you’re staying at a friend or family members home, you can never really predict what someone else’s bed or couch is going to do to your back. An ergonomic pillow designed for better sleep posture can make a huge difference.
Don’t put things in your back pockets. If you’re sitting for a long period of time, keep posture in mind. Your wallet, cellphone or other devices stored in your pants pocket can cause unbalanced sitting posture, throwing off the alignment of your hips and spine. The sciatic nerve lives in that region and can become impinged if you are placing items on top of it and sitting for hours at a time.
Use a rolling suitcase. We know how heavy those suitcases can get around the holiday season. Don’t risk a lifting injury! Instead of carrying al that weight on one side of your body, while booking through the airport, try investing in a rolling suitcase if possible. A rolling suitcase can vastly increase your ease of travel and decreases your risk of injury.
Schedule a homecoming visit with your chiropractor Even if you take precautions, travel can be incredibly hard on the body. Fear not- we are here to help! When you return home, schedule an appointment with your chiropractor they’ll be able to address any travel-induced pain and discomfort you may have. It’s a great idea to stop in right before and after traveling for a spinal tune up.
If you need to get in to see us before the holiday season give us a call at 515-278-9678 to get scheduled today!
When winter weather arrives, it’s time to protect yourself from the hazards that can accompany the cold. Slips, trips, and falls are more frequent due to icy conditions. Back injuries from falling on ice are likely to occur. Need some help to avoid this or advice on what to do if it does happen- Yost Family Chiropractic can help!
How Common are Back
Injuries From Falling On Ice?
According to the National Institutes of Health, back injuries from falling on ice were the most common fall related injury, outnumbering ankle, wrist or hip injuries. With statistics like that, avoiding falls becomes a top priority! Almost all back injuries involve strains of the deep muscles of the back. An acute injury refers to something that happens suddenly and gets better over time, whereas a chronic injury is a long-term condition. Following a fall, you should keep track of your pain level, because that if it goes above and beyond general aches and pains you may need imaging to rule out a fracture. The spine is a complex structure that provides both mobility and strength to your body. When there is an injury to the spine such as a fall, common activities such as bending, twisting or stretching often become painful.
What to do after falling on your back?
Most acute back injuries should get better within a few days. If the pain persists longer than that, you should be evaluated by your chiropractor or a physician right away. If you fall on your back and experience severe pain that makes breathing or standing difficult, you should have a thorough examination by a chiropractor immediately. A thorough evaluation will reveal any specific structural problem like a misalignment or nerve irritation, which we can correct. Adjustments are used in conjunction with a basic exercise program focusing on stretching, strengthening, and conditioning of the back and leg muscles. For those who have risk factors like thinning of the bones or osteoporosis, a fall on ice might pose a serious threat. If you fit this category, use extreme caution when traveling outdoors in icy conditions.
Tips for Preventing Ice Related Falls
Implement the following
tips for a safer winter:
Wear appropriate footwear. Soles that are sturdy and grip the ground will give you stability.
Keep sand or de-icer in your car for slippery parking lots or streets where you might have to park your car.
Use caution, and slow down. Don’t hurry!
Back Pain Injury From Falls; what to expect
Symptoms of back injury
from falling involve pain. This can occur to varying degrees depending on the
extent of the injury and can affect different parts of the spine. Back injuries
from falling on ice commonly fall into one of two categories:
Lower back injury. Lower back or tailbone injury occurs when falling backwards onto the backside. An injury to the tailbone can be quite painful and also be accompanied by swelling and bruising.
Upper back or neck injury. This can be attributed to muscle or ligament strains that occur during a fall.
Can have both- sometimes following a slip and fall you can have an increase in BOTH neck and lower back pain depending on the mechanism of injury during the fall itself.
Options for Back Injuries
Fortunately, you can take the above measures to prevent or relieve back pain episodes. If prevention fails, then chiropractic treatment and proper body mechanics often will heal your back and keep it functional. Here at Yost Family Chiropractic we not only treat the structure of the spine itself, but we also treat the soft tissue such as muscles and ligaments that surround the bones. We can’t promise that you will never have a slip or fall, but we can promise you faster healing afterwards! For more information call us today at 515-278-9678 to speak with our office or get a consultation scheduled with one of our doctors. You can even send us as email at email@example.com
When it comes to avoiding back injuries, your fate is largely in your own hands. It’s true that an unexpected fall or auto accident may cause an injury that’s beyond your control, but a large percentage of back injuries are caused by your own actions, which means you can take measures to prevent them or stop them from getting worse. While its important to maintain spinal alignment with regular adjustments, what you do outside of the office is equally important! Here are a few tips for avoiding back injuries on your own.
you are lifting weighs or boxes, books, babies, or just about anything else, they
all have an impact on the health of your spine. When you lift correctly your
spine is in proper alignment and there is no added stress placed on your back. The
proper way to lift means you should bend your knees and keep your back as
straight as possible when you pick anything up off the floor. This going for
bending down to put on socks or shoes as well.
you have a lot of lifting to do try to place items on a table or chair so there
isn’t as much bending needed. Your back is not designed to work like a crane so
anytime you use it that way you are putting tons of stress on your back that
doesn’t need to be there. Try using a balanced stance, with your legs a little
wider apart, lift with your legs and move your feet if you need to change
direction while holding the object.
activities with your spinal alignment in mind is a great way to help you avoid
back injuries in the first place. That means stretching before any type of
physical activity, taking it slow if you have a lot of repetitive lifting to
do, and even taking breaks to rest and stretch during the activity or prolonged
periods of time in one position such as a desk job. Posture breaks are a great
way to stay mindful of your posture throughout the day. Try setting an alarm on
your watch or phone to go off once an hour during your workday to remind you to
unwind your shoulders, get up and do a few stretches for 1 minute an hour. At
the end of an 8 hour workday, you’ve taken 8 minutes out of your busy day to
prevent a back injury.
Sleeping on a supportive firm mattress is another way to keep your spine in line between adjustments. Side sleeping with a supportive pillow is what our doctors recommend here at YFC. Getting yourself in good physical shape also protects your back and helps to avoid injuries. This includes strengthening core muscles as well as back muscles which will make lifting and general movement less stressful on your back.
DON’T LET INJURIES LINGER
you end up with a back injury despite your efforts to avoid it, you should seek
treatment with a chiropractor as soon as you can. Spinal misalignment, bulging
discs, herniated discs, and other injuries often only get worse if you let them
linger without treatment. Prompt treatment will restore blood flow to the area,
relieve any compressed nerves and get you back to normal in the shortest time
possible. At Yost Family Chiropractic our team is here to help answer your
questions. Please feel free to contact us today at 515-278-9678.
Feeling Stressed? It’s normal to feel overwhelmed sometimes, but too much stress can throw a wrench in your overall health and wellness. Being in fight or flight mode more than 20% of the time can lead to mental health problems, increased risk of cardiovascular disease and even poor gut health…. which in turn, heightens levels of stress! Staying hydrated, eating healthy meals and routine chiropractic care all help in the long term, but what can you do right now to manage your stress and anxiety?
Most people are breathing the wrong way and don’t even realize it. As a chiropractor, while observing the general population, what we notice is that most people are using their chest and shoulders to breath instead of the diaphragm. Go ahead…TRY IT! Take a BIG deep breath in and blow it all the way out; did your shoulders move? If you’ve ever watched a baby breathe you will notice they don’t move their shoulders at all, but instead breath with their BELLIES. The proper way to breathe without stressing your neck and shoulder muscles is called diaphragmatic breathing.
How-To: Diaphragmatic Breathe
This relaxation style deep breathing technique helps slow the heartbeat, stabilize blood pressure and get more oxygen circulating throughout the body. Here’s how you do it:
Sit or lay comfortably making sure your spine is straight and most importantly that your head and neck are relaxed.
Put one hand on your chest and one hand on your stomach just above your belly button.
Inhale slowly through your nose for a count of 4 seconds, so that your stomach pushes against your hand. Now the hard part-try to keep the hand on your chest as still as possible.
Breathe out slowly through your mouth for 5 seconds by tightening your stomach muscles. Again, trying to keep the hand on your stomach still.
Repeat for several minutes.
This type of breathing should be practiced daily starting with just 2 minute per day and working up to 30 minute sessions- eventually your brain convert your “normal” breathing pattern to diaphragmatic breathing resulting in less stress and a feeling of overall relaxation. This technique is great for both adults and kids that struggle with stress or anxiety. If you have any questions or concerns about this, feel free to talk to the doctors next time you’re in the office or schedule a free consultation today at 515-278-9678
There seems to
be a lot of confusion when it comes to the HEAT or ICE debate. I am going to help
explain the proper usage of ice vs heat today. I want to start out by saying
this recommendation is a rule of thumb, as there are always exceptions to every
ICE- You typically
want to reach into the freezer and grab an ice pack anytime you are dealing
with a new injury (less than 72 hours). Cold restricts blood flow and reduces inflammation
and swelling. Whenever there’s bleeding in underlying tissue—think sprains,
strains or bruising—ice treatment is the way to go. You also want to reach for
ice when there is inflammation present.
Inflammation is characterized by five cardinal
Heat or warmth
Loss of function
Aches and pains can feel a lot better after
using ice for 10-15 minutes, with an hour break in between icing sessions. If you have bad circulation, then cold therapy probably isn’t
for you. If you apply ice for too long or directly touching the skin- tissue or
nerve damage becomes a possibility.
Heat- heat is the best method for relaxing tight and sore
muscles. Whereas ice restricts blood vessels, heat opens them, increasing blood
flow to an affected area. This is perfect for most aches and pains, and it’s
also great for repairing damaged tissue since increased blood flow stimulates
healing. Stiffness and tension can usually be relieved with about 15-20 minutes
of heat therapy. Do not feel the burn…when
using heat therapy, you want to keep a nice, even warmth. Remember, if you have
ANY swelling or bruising, heat isn’t the right call.
But can you use both? Absolutely- However, as I mentioned
above, it is important to use ice during the first 48-72 hours immediately following
an injury- after that you may alternate between ice and heat every few hours.
The rule of thumb is 15 minutes on, 1 hour off when cycling between ice and
Headaches- Some conditions such as headaches respond very well to both heat and ice on different areas of the head and neck. Heat and cold are no risk therapies that anyone can use for headache relief. Let’s talk about using heat first. Heating tight muscles can help relieve a tension type headache, if the small muscles in the back of the head get too tight, (which is a very common cause of headaches). You can start by applying a little heat to the base of the head and neck for 10-15 minutes. Alternatively, for those pulsing, nasty headaches, ice the temples to fight inflammation and relieve throbbing.
Long Term Solution- When it comes to injuries caused by physical activity-cold and heat are very beneficial, but they’re not long-term solutions. A healthy musculoskeletal system is critical to overall health and healing, affecting how the entire body functions. Regular adjustments of the spine help return the body to a normal state by reducing tension as well as pain by activating the body’s natural healing process. Choosing chiropractic as the first line of defense once injured decreases the likelihood surgery and further injury.
When you’re in pain, it can take away from every single part of your life.
We know how hard it can be, and at Yost Family Chiropractic we’re here to help you. Let’s run through it together starting with why you’re in pain, what’s causing it, and what you can do.
What is causing my neck pain?
Have you been in a recent car accident? Do you work a desk job or study too much? Maybe you text a lot and you’re constantly looking down at your phone. Depending on the cause, neck pain can come in a variety of different forms and severities, from nerve impingement to whiplash or chronic postural problems leading to structural changes. If you’re reading this blog, chances are you know this kind of pain already, and it’s not just a pain in the neck. It affects the shoulders and can even cause headaches. The pain may be relative to one spot, or it can radiate to different parts of your upper body, including the arms. You may also experience occasional numbness, muscle weakness and decreased ROM.
Here are some common causes of
neck pain and headaches
Poor Posture/Daily Habits
Injuries and Whiplash
Motor Vehicle or Work Place Accidents
Degenerative Disc/Joint Disease
What can you do at home to help?
Here’s how you can start feeling better right now.
Stretches– Tuck your chin back over the notch above your sternum, so that your ear is line with the tip of your shoulder. You want to do as many of these as possible- my recommendation is aiming to do 10 every hour. Setting an alarm on your phone or watch to take posture breaks is very helpful. A great time to incorporate these are your daily routine- whenever you are in a car or even in the shower.
Ice– For tension and muscle soreness, ice therapy is a great form of pain relief, and here’s why. Cold restricts blood flow and reduces inflammation as well as swelling. But keep in mind, too much cold can hurt you. Don’t put bags of ice or packs directly on the skin as that could risk tissue. Instead, cover it in a towel and set it on the area. Ice the neck area no more than 10-15 minutes at a time and take hour breaks in between ICE sessions.
Neck Orthotic– The use of a neck orthotic is used to correct poor posture and restore the curve of the cervical spine. We often refer to this as “braces for the spine”. The top of the orthotic is used as a fulcrum- by placing the tip of the triangle at the base of the neck, or as low as you can go. You then lean your head and neck over the top, as shown below. Consistency is key! It is important to recognizance that correcting the cervical curve is a process not an event.
Essential Oils– Many people find success using essential oils topically when they’ve got sore or strained muscles. There any MANY kinds of oils to choose from, it’s worth looking into for natural pain relief that works. Another helpful topical is BIO-FREEZE, which uses the active ingredient menthol to cool sore muscles on contact.
Proper Neck Pillow– The kind of pillow you use could either facilitate healing, or straining your neck. Look for one that’s made of firmer foam and materials that press back, effectively supporting the head. It’s also crucial that your pillow contours to your head, neck and shoulders, offering built-in cervical support.
When that is not enough- Fixing the ROOT problem
The tips listed above will help you manage your symptoms, and they’re good for temporary pain relief, but they won’t truly fixanything. In order to eliminate your symptoms for good, treatment needs to address the root cause of the problem. Constant stress can affect the cervical spine (neck) which causes misalignments known as subluxations. These misalignments can wreak havoc on your entire body, because when the vertebrae are not aligned, it can dampen your brain to body communication system. When a nerve had pressure on it for many years it becomes damaged and starts to cause problems and pain. They key to reducing joint pain long term, is to adjust the cervical spine where vertebrae may be out of alignment. A chiropractor uses the chiropractic adjustment to manipulate the spine back into optimal alignment, which takes the pressure off the nerves which then allows the nervous system to function at its best ability.
If you are interested in a chiropractic evaluation, call us at 515-278-9678 to schedule an appointment with one of our chiropractors.
It’s a common misconception that chiropractic only helps people with neck or back pain. Chiropractic is helpful for a wide variety of health problems. It helps improve nerve system function as a whole, which in turn, encourages the body to heal at it’s full potential. Chiropractic is a conservative treatment that is effective and not only treating, but also preventing health issues.
Is Chiropractic Safe?
ABSOLUTELY! Chiropractic has an excellent safety record. It’s a conservative, all-natural approach to healthcare that avoids invasive procedures or addictive drugs. Conservative care means to take a cautious, safe and moderate approach to treating a health issue. In fact, malpractice rates between chiropractors and other healthcare professionals are very different, our malpractice premiums are only a small fraction of the cost compared to those for medical doctors because what we do is so low risk. We treat ALL walks of life starting from pediatric to geriatric ages. Our goal is to get you better and KEEP you healthy by preventing future health problems as a whole. After all, we are treating your whole nervous system to keep it running smoothly, not just your back.
What Causes that Popping Sound During an Adjustment?
We know that sometimes it can make people nervous at times however, the “popping, clicking or cracking” sound you hear during a chiropractic adjustment is nothing to be worried about. This sound is painless and completely harmless. It’s caused by natural gases in your body rushing in to fill the partial vacuum that’s created when your joints shift. It’s not an indicator of any problems. In fact, not all adjustments make a sound. A bone can shift back into position without creating any sound at all, with the same effects.
Can I Adjust Myself?
Please don’t! Your chiropractor has years of training, education and experience under their belt and is a pro at adjusting your spine safely, correctly and accurately. A chiropractic adjustment versus bending and twisting yourself certain ways to “crack your back” are very different things. Self manipulation can be counterproductive and sometimes dangerous, making an already unstable spine even worse. Your chiropractor does a thorough exam as well as x-rays to adjust you in a very specific way. Though it may not always feel different to you, we are using different parts of our hands to contact and isolate specific bones in your spine to make the proper corrections.
Are All Patients Adjusted the Same Way?
No. Every single person is different and has their own unique needs. At Yost Family Chiropractic our doctors evaluate and treat each person’s spine and symptoms in the way that suits that person best. Some people like the get hands on adjustments, while others prefer adjustments with a tool such as an activator or athrostim device. We develop an individual treatment plan that best addresses that specific patient’s concern. | <urn:uuid:00c8ff4d-2ea0-463d-8e72-f2bf04740b40> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://holisticfamilies.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.941254 | 7,014 | 2.375 | 2 |
On September 4, 1874, in the parish of Paul do Mar, a band of music was born, under the name of “Banda Philarmónica Paulense”. It is not known exactly how the idea of forming a Band appeared, but it seems that everything started in a family reunion, since all the founding members belonged to the same family.
The founding members of the band were Manuel Gonçalves Jardim, master Arsénio Gonçalves Santana (first conductor of the band) and Mr. Santana (first president of the band). The first President and also first Conductor of the Band was Arsénio Santana, who later passed the testimony to Arseninho (his son). This was followed by teachers António Coito, Manuel Bernardo Coito Andrade, António Coito, Manuel Balelo (Teixeira) and João Pedro Gomes Fernandes.
Like the band’s artistic direction that has been maintained throughout the years in a single family nucleus, that of the Santanas and Coitos, the governing body would also have a large family component through the Santana, Coito e Abreu dos Santos families, which encourages the continuity of the Band, even going through various adverse circumstances.
According to Luíza Clode, many instruments were offered by a Russian Prince, nevertheless the funds for the maintenance of the Band, came from the Amadores of the Band. The Amadores had a fixed membership fees (2$50 in 1950), but in case of necessity, they gave more money and in return Banda had to go to their house in the first octave of Santo Amaro and to the funeral services, of these or person of the family, as a way of thanking the Band’s Amadores for their generosity.
From 1991 this band was called the Banda Municipal Paulense.
The Band has always had many performances, both in popular festival as in funeral ceremonies, weddings, anniversaries, among others. The trips were made with many difficulties, since they had to travel on foot through the sidewalks, when it came to acting in the Municipality of Calheta or in the neighboring Counties and by boat, to places like Porto Moniz, Seixal, Funchal, Câmara de Lobos and Porto Santo (on a trip made on June 12, 1946 and another between August 7 and 15, 1973 for the “Senhora da Piedade” and Nossa Senhora da Graça” festivities).
Throughout the ages the Banda Municipal Paulense has experienced difficulties, sometimes even endangered due to emigration. In search of better living conditions, almost all elements of the band emigrate (Panama, Samoa, Mexico, United States of América, Venezuela, Ecuador, South Africa, Australia and more recently to England) and thus the Band is in constant renewal and always has a very young age average. Throughout the years Calheta Municipal Council has given support that is directed to the School of Band Formation, uniforming of the elements and acquisition and maintenance of musical instruments, with the purpose of giving continuity to this service provided, and contribute to the evolution and constant renewal of the Band.
In the centennial of the Philharmonic, a Hymn was created by the master António Coito. On October 5, 2010, at 10:30 am, he participated in the Commemorations of the Centenary of the Republic (1910-2010) playing the National Anthem (A Portugueza).
It should be noted that until today, on December 1st (Dia da Restauração) and on the 1st day of the year, the Band takes to the streets of the parish of Paul do Mar, in the morning, to mark these holidays.
Freitas, Manuel Pedro, Girão Vol II nº5, 2º Semestre/ 2009.
FRANCO, João Elias Domingues (2011); Bandas Filarmónicas Portuguesas, Vila Praia de Âncora : ANCORENSIS;
SARDINHA, Vítor e CAMACHO, Rui (2001); Rostos e Traços das Bandas Filarmónicas Madeirenses, Funchal: Direção Regional dos Assuntos Culturais e Associação Musical e Cultural Xarabanda;
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Quick Answer: How To Open A Keg Of Beer?
- 1 How many beers are in a keg?
- 2 Can you get beer out of a keg without a tap?
- 3 How do you quickly empty a keg?
- 4 Can you fill a keg with water?
- 5 How do you depressurize a keg?
- 6 Is it cheaper to buy a keg of beer?
- 7 How many kegs do I need for a 150 person wedding?
- 8 How many 24 packs of beer are in a keg?
- 9 Can you get money for empty kegs?
- 10 How do you open a keg without a keg opener?
- 11 How much is a keg tap?
How many beers are in a keg?
Keg Sizing Information on the brewery, beers are kegged in various size containers, as follows: 1/2 barrel = 15.5 gallons = 124 pints = 165 12oz bottles – (Full Size Keg) 1/4 barrel = 7.75 gallons = 62 pints = 83 12oz bottles (Pony Keg) 1/6 barrel (20 Ltr) = 5.2 gallons = 41 pints = 55 12oz bottles (Sixtel)
Can you get beer out of a keg without a tap?
While tapping beer is easier than opening the keg, you can empty the beer keg without a tap as well. You would need to be careful as the keg is highly pressurized. Locate the ball valve at the head of the spear on top of the keg. Some beer may also come out with the air, but not much.
How do you quickly empty a keg?
The quickest and easiest way to drain the liquid from a keg is by twisting off its lid and pouring out its contents. The method is less time-consuming than pumping out the liquid by hand. It also can ready any keg promptly for cleaning, recycling, re-purposing or other uses.
Can you fill a keg with water?
Just fill the keg with water and hook it up to the gas. Most seltzer water will need upwards of 30 to 40 psi of pressure, and as with soda, you’ll need to use longer beverage lines to handle the pressure.
How do you depressurize a keg?
Depressurizing a keg is quite simple, it is the same process as tapping a fresh keg.
- Check to ensure that you have the right tap for your keg.
- Press the end of the tap into the round opening located on top of the keg.
- Turn the tap clockwise until you feel it lock into position.
- Push down the lever on the tap.
Is it cheaper to buy a keg of beer?
When you buy a kegerator for your home, you’re not only able to conveniently store large amounts of cold draft beer, but you can also save approximately 40-60% in costs, compared to buying the same volume of beer in cans or bottles. The savings can be even greater for some brands of beers, as well as various keg sizes.
How many kegs do I need for a 150 person wedding?
“If you plan on about one drink per hour per guest for a 150-person reception that lasts 5 hours, you’d need around 750 drinks.” So that would mean, if you’re only serving beer, you could use up to six kegs or nearly 30 24-packs of bottles or cans.
How many 24 packs of beer are in a keg?
This is what most people know as “a keg,” but the half barrel name throws them off. One of these has 15.5 gallons of beer in it. That means you can get 165 12 oz. beers from it, or 124 16 oz.
Can you get money for empty kegs?
An empty keg can be worth $15 to $55 in scrap. But, before you try to take an empty keg to a beer store or scrap it, be sure that the manufacturer’s name is not stamped on it. If it is, you are not allowed to sell or scrap it. You must return it to the manufacturer if you know where it came from.
How do you open a keg without a keg opener?
How to Tap a Keg Without a Tap
- Find the pressure ball valve in the center of the tap fixture on top of the key.
- Turn the keg over and push in on the ball with the screwdriver to release the pressure in the key.
- Push your screwdriver back into the ball valve and release any remaining pressure.
How much is a keg tap?
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We Have An Opportunity With Nutrition Assistance Programs
May 26, 2021
|The ongoing economic and health crisis posed by COVID-19 highlights longstanding inequities that must be addressed to ensure a better future for everyone in North Carolina. With that in mind the time is ripe for us all to work together to address a number of resulting and related challenges.
Key among these is food insecurity. In North Carolina, food insecurity soared from 12.9 percent of households in December 2018 to an estimated 24 percent as COVID took hold last spring, with families of color hardest hit. We also rank ninth among states in the latest Household Pulse Survey for adults who said they sometimes or often did not have enough to eat in the last seven days. This puts the health and nutrition of mothers, children, and others at risk.
One way to tackle this mounting crisis is to maximize enrollment in, and use of, federal food and nutrition programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). This work should be guided by the experiences and needs of the people who interact with food assistance programs the most - participants and those who administer them locally.
This is just what researchers at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy Center for Child & Family Policy did. Led by Carolyn Barnes, Ph.D., researchers conducted nearly 300 interviews with program participants and staff members in eight counties across North Carolina over the past several years.
They summarized their insights in a brief published this month, funded in part by our Foundation, that provides recommendations to enhance access to food nutrition programs in the state and offers a springboard for increasing program participation and enhancing them in the future.
This needed conversation comes as North Carolina is establishing - by July 1- a new Division of Child and Family Well-Being that will bring together complementary programs from the Divisions of Public Health, Mental Health, and Social Services to administer SNAP and WIC.
The benefits of both programs are federally funded through the U.S. Department of Agriculture and administered at the county level - SNAP through local departments of social services, and WIC through county health departments and health clinics. SNAP’s nutrition benefits supplement the food budget of families who are low-income so they can purchase healthy food. WIC provides nutritionally at-risk pregnant women, postpartum mothers, infants, and children up to 5-years-old who are low-income with nutritious foods, nutrition education, breast feeding support, and referrals to health care. Both programs support health and economic security and improve multiple health and even educational outcomes.
The brief points out that COVID-related changes in program administration - such as telephone appointments and extended certification periods, food flexibilities, and increased SNAP benefits - have helped reduce barriers to obtaining this important assistance. However, those who were eligible were often unaware of the changes, resulting in limited opportunities to receive the support.
The researchers also note that the programs could be greatly enhanced in North Carolina if the recommendations by those who administer and receive benefits are followed. This includes improving customer service, enhancing appointment reminders, giving greater flexibility in appointments, increasing benefits, and loosening eligibility guidelines. WIC participants also highlight the difficulty of redeeming benefits at the grocery store, underscoring the need for interventions to improve the shopping experience.
I encourage you to read the full brief to gain more on these insights, as well as the specific resulting recommendations for change.
There is an opportunity in this for us all - philanthropies, community organizations, and public leaders. Swift action to increase program participation and improve the participant experience is an important step in reducing food insecurity across our state.
About the Author
Merry Davis is the Director, Healthy Food, at the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation.
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Throughout the month of October, U Chic has been working hard to raise money for breast cancer (there’s still time to pick up our book — a percentage of the net proceeds from each purchase will be donated to breast cancer research through the end of the month). But breast cancer isn’t just a disease – it has a face, a person, and family attached to each diagnosis. Many women view it with fear and as a possible death sentence, but others like Coach Kay Yow looked at it as a battle to be conquered and a message to be sent: We WILL beat this.
Coach Yow was a force to be reckoned both on and off the basketball courts. Since the very beginning of her career, she never backed down from a challenge. From college championship games to the Summer Olympics, Coach Yow was fearless, determined, and single-minded. Despite being diagnosed with breast cancer a year prior to the Seoul Olympics in 1988, she still managed to rally and lead the team to a gold medal victory.
“Kay would discuss her cancer when asked,” says Gail Goestenkors, head coach for the University of Texas’ women’s basketball team (Goestenkors was a friend and former rival of Coach Yow’s during Goestenkors tenure with Duke University). “Its not something she would dwell upon and certainly never complained about. She talked openly about treating cancer as she would an opponent…working with her team to fight the battle, never giving in or giving up…knowing that one day we would beat this deadly disease.”
Yow never hid the fact that she was sick — she embraced it. It was her honesty and optimism that inspired others to join her in the creation of The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund®. The organization was founded in 2007, and has since dedicated itself to “finding an answer in the fight against women’s cancers through raising money for scientific research, assisting the underserved and unifying people for a common cause.” As Goestenkors points out, this mission statement is exactly in synch with Yow’s vision. “[She]was a warm and wonderful person always reaching out to others. She had a quiet strength and grace that was an inspiration to us all. She was also deeply spiritual and introspective, but would gladly and easily share her love and faith with others.”
This point truly hit home when Yow finally succumbed to Stage 4 breast cancer in January of 2009. Instead of allowing her funeral to be a time of sadness and mourning, Yow recorded a 25-minute message of thanks to all her fans, friends, family, and supporters. “Kay left so many messages for us,” Goestenkors notes. “The greatest gift she gave us was her unyielding faith in God and in humanity. She saw the good in everyone and made us want to give more and BE more. Kay was a precious gift to us all. And her legacy of faith, hope and goodness will live on within us forever.”
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A contractor, roofer, or roofing contractor generalist is a tradesman that specializes in roofing system construction. Contractors repair, replace, or install the roof coverings of industrial buildings, making use of different products, such as asphalt, bitumen, shingles, steel, slate, gypsum, and fiberglass. They perform all these jobs to provide roof coverings that last for several years, are appealing in appearance, withstand severe climate condition, and add to the property’s bankability.
A great roofing professional can produce an atmosphere of warmth and self-confidence in a business building by following a constant upkeep program. In many cases, the professional roofer carries out numerous different jobs in addition to the roofing system fixings. A few of these consist of installment of brand-new roofing materials, cleaning of previous roof surface areas, setup of flashings as well as gaskets, as well as removal of existing roof covering fixtures. These tasks require proficiency and experience in each of these areas and typically call for at least 3 days to complete. If even more work has to be performed, the roof company may contact the home owner to make setups. When it involves choosing concerning whether or not to employ a roofing contractor, you ought to ask some crucial concerns. Do your research study to make sure that you understand precisely what services you need; as well as make certain you select a firm that supplies the solutions you require. Also, discover the price for such services. Usually, the most effective worth is achieved when you hire a general contracting business, as opposed to a specialized contracting firm. You might really feel obliged to hire a contractor because of an issue with your roof covering, such as leaky pipelines or a worn out outside tile. When you employ a roofing contractor, he will certainly assess your roofing, inspect it for damage, as well as generate a remedy. Sometimes this indicates replacing a section of the roofing system or fixing a vulnerable point. Nevertheless, other times, a roofer can replace the entire roof covering or repair an area of it. Another factor to employ a roofer could be related to aesthetic appeals, including a freshly set up slate roof covering, turf roofing, or roof shingles. A roof firm can assist set up these products and also give ideas concerning how to look after them. On the other hand, if you’re considering building a brand-new enhancement to your home or garage, you might be able to obtain a discount rate from your professional roofer by guaranteeing to do other roof services along with the one you have actually requested. Along with hiring a specialist, you’ll likewise want to make certain they have the correct insurance coverage.
In many states, it’s unlawful for a professional to do work without the appropriate insurance policy. It’s also illegal for a service provider to advise that you acquire a service warranty for your work unless you ask for one. If you make a decision to work with your own and also aren’t certain what you’re doing, then you need to certainly contact a neighborhood roofer for specialist advice as well as support. With their aid, you’ll be able to make certain your residence is safeguarded from the components and also keep your roofing system running efficiently for years to find.
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Crossword clues for bread
- Rye or corn
- Naan, for example
- Naan, at an Indian restaurant
- It's broken at meals
- Bruschetta base
- Basketful on the table
- Word with basket or line
- Wonder wares
- Whole wheat or rye
- White or wheat, for example
- Wheat or pumpernickel
- What a low-carb diet may ban
- Toast, essentially
- Sustenance, so to speak
- Staple diet
- Sourdough or whole wheat, for example
- Some deli slices
- Slang word for money
- Sandwich's outer layers
- Sandwich start
- Sandwich exterior
- Rye or whole wheat
- Roti, say
- Pumpernickel or rye
- Pita, for a gyro
- Pita, e.g
- Naan or pumpernickel
- Naan or challah
- Marble rye, e.g
- Longtime product with a "Classic White" variety
- Lolly — basic food
- Life's staff?
- It is cast upon the waters
- Host in a church
- Hero's necessity
- Edible '70s L.A. band?
- Dough (and start of a word ladder)
- Dosh (slang)
- Dosh — a bloomer, perhaps?
- Common basket filler
- Coat before cooking
- Challah, for one
- Challah, for example
- Challah, e.g
- Certain basket contents
- Beatnik's dough
- Basket or knife
- Baker's loaf
- Baked dough
- Baguette or brioche
- "Make It With You" group of the 1970s
- "If" group
- "If" band named after a carb
- "Artisanal" edible
- ''If'' group
- Receptacle for loaf
- Prepared batter, a dip and something for kebab?
- Afternoon meal loaf
- Have a meal with holiday money
- Long crusty loaf
- Communion offering
- Challah, e.g.
- Wonder product
- Lettuce or clams
- Moolah ... or the makeup of the ends of the answers to the starred clues
- Gluten-rich food
- Places where wheat is stored?
- Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
- Informal terms for money
- ___ and 38-Across (meager meal)
- The staff of life
- C. G. Norris novel
- Modern moola
- Cabbage; clams
- Staff of life
- Cabbage or moola
- Basket or winner
- Slicer input
- Anadama or panettone
- Pita, e.g.
- Long green
- C. Norris novel
- Kind of basket
- Money that may have risen?
- Money raised by word of mouth
- Money raised in auditorium
- Eg, loaf or rolls
- Staple food
- Soldiers tucked into lousy food
- About to tuck into sourdough!
- Lolly - basic food
- Poor holding on for money
- Book scan reveals money
- Book - what to do with it and what to buy it with
- Baked product
- Deli loaf
- Bakery item
- Bakery product
- Diner basketful
- Toasting word
- Some wealth
- Twelve grain, e.g
- Sandwich necessity
- Basic food
- Baker's product
- Toasting candidate
- Sandwich loaf
- Rye, for example
- Grocery staple
- What a slicer slices
- Type of winner?
- Sourdough, for one
- Server's basketful
- Sandwich need
- Sandwich ingredient
- Rye or pumpernickel, for example
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bread \Bread\, v. t. (Cookery) To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets.
Bread \Bread\ (br[e^]d), v. t. [AS. br[ae]dan to make broad, to
spread. See Broad, a.]
To spread. [Obs.]
Bread \Bread\ (br[e^]d), n. [AS. bre['a]d; akin to OFries. br[=a]d, OS. br[=o]d, D. brood, G. brod, brot, Icel. brau[eth], Sw. & Dan. br["o]d. The root is probably that of E. brew. [root]93. See Brew.]
An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.
Raised bread is made with yeast, salt, and sometimes a little butter or lard, and is mixed with warm milk or water to form the dough, which, after kneading, is given time to rise before baking.
Cream of tartar bread is raised by the action of an alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate (as saleratus or ammonium bicarbonate) and cream of tartar (acid tartrate of potassium) or some acid.
Unleavened bread is usually mixed with water and salt only.
A["e]rated bread. See under A["e]rated.
Bread and butter (fig.), means of living.
Brown bread, Indian bread, Graham bread, Rye and Indian bread. See Brown bread, under Brown.
Bread tree. See Breadfruit.
Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
Give us this day our daily bread.
--Matt. vi. 11
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English bread "bit, crumb, morsel; bread," cognate with Old Norse brauð, Danish brød, Old Frisian brad, Middle Dutch brot, Dutch brood, German Brot. According to one theory [Watkins, etc.] from Proto-Germanic *brautham, which would be from the root of brew (v.) and refer to the leavening.\n
\nBut OED argues at some length for the basic sense being not "cooked food" but "piece of food," and the Old English word deriving from a Proto-Germanic *braudsmon- "fragments, bits" (cognate with Old High German brosma "crumb," Old English breotan "to break in pieces") and being related to the root of break (v.). It cites Slovenian kruh "bread," literally "a piece."\n
\nEither way, by c.1200 it had replaced the usual Old English word for "bread," which was hlaf (see loaf (n.)). Slang meaning "money" dates from 1940s, but compare breadwinner. Bread-and-butter in the figurative sense of "basic needs" is from 1732. Bread and circuses (1914) is from Latin, in reference to food and entertainment provided by governments to keep the populace happy. "Duas tantum res anxius optat, Panem et circenses" [Juvenal, Sat. x.80].
"to dress with bread crumbs," 1727, from bread (n.). Related: Breaded; breading.
Etymology 1 n. (context uncountable English) A foodstuff made by bake dough made from cereals. vb. (context transitive English) to coat with breadcrumbs Etymology 2
n. (context obsolete or UK dialectal Scotland English) breadth. Etymology 3
vb. (context transitive dialectal English) To make broad; spread. Etymology 4
alt. (context transitive English) To form in meshes; net. n. A piece of embroidery; a braid. vb. (context transitive English) To form in meshes; net.
v. cover with bread crumbs; "bread the pork chops before frying them"
Bread is a staple food prepared from a dough of flour and water, usually by baking. Throughout recorded history it has been popular around the world and is one of the oldest artificial foods, having been of importance since the dawn of agriculture.
There are many combinations and proportions of types of flour and other ingredients, and also of different traditional recipes and modes of preparation of bread. As a result, there are wide varieties of types, shapes, sizes, and textures of breads in various regions. Bread may be leavened by one of many different processes, ranging from reliance on naturally occurring microbes (so-called " sourdough" recipes) to addition of chemicals or industrially produced yeast to high-pressure artificial aeration methods during preparation or baking. However, some products are cooked before they can leaven, sometimes for traditional or religious reasons. Many non-cereal ingredients may be included, ranging from fruits and nuts to various fats. Commercial bread in particular commonly contains additives, some of them non-nutritive, to improve flavor, texture, color, shelf life, or ease of manufacturing.
Depending on local custom and convenience, bread may be served in various forms at any meal of the day. It also is eaten as a snack, or used as an ingredient in other culinary preparations, such as fried items coated in crumbs to prevent sticking, or the bland main component of a bread pudding, or stuffings designed to fill cavities or retain juices that otherwise might drip away.
Partly because of its importance as a basic foodstuff, bread has a social and emotional significance beyond its importance in nutrition; it plays essential roles in religious rituals and secular culture. Its prominence in daily life is reflected in language, where it appears in proverbs, colloquial expressions ("He stole the bread from my mouth"), in prayer ("Give us this day our daily bread") and even in the etymology of words, such as "companion" and "company" (from Latin com "with" + panis "bread").
Bread is a group of staple foods. Bread or BREAD may also refer to:
Bread is a 1924 American drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger. The film stars Mae Busch.
Bread was an American soft rock band from Los Angeles, California. They placed 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart between 1970 and 1977 and were an example of what later was labeled as soft rock.
The band consisted of David Gates ( vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, violin, viola, percussion), Jimmy Griffin (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion) and Robb Royer (bass, guitar, flute, keyboards, percussion, recorder, backing vocals). Mike Botts ( drums, percussion) joined in the summer of 1969 and Larry Knechtel (keyboards, bass, guitar, harmonica) replaced Royer in 1971.
Bread peaked at #127 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. The re-recorded track "It Don't Matter to Me" was issued as a single after the release of Bread's second album, On the Waters, and the #1 success of " Make It with You" in the summer of 1970. "It Don't Matter to Me" peaked at #2 and #10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary and Pop Singles charts, respectively.
Bread is a British television sitcom, written by Carla Lane, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC1 from 1 May 1986 to 3 November 1991.
The series focused on the devoutly- Catholic and extended Boswell family of Liverpool, in the district of Dingle, led by its matriarch Nellie ( Jean Boht) through a number of ups and downs as they tried to make their way through life in Thatcher's Britain with no visible means of support. The street shown at the start of each programme is Elswick Street. A family called Boswell had also featured in Lane's earlier sitcom The Liver Birds and Lane said in interviews that the two families were probably related.
Nellie's feckless and estranged husband, Freddie ( Ronald Forfar), left her for another woman known as 'Lilo Lill' ( Eileen Pollock). Her children Joey, Jack, Adrian, Aveline and Billy continued to live in the family home in Kelsall Street and contributed money to the central family fund, largely through benefit fraud and the sale of stolen goods.
In a 2004 poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom, Bread came 39th.
Usage examples of "bread".
But Mary was shy of acceding to such invitations and at last frankly told her friend Patience, that she would not again break bread in Greshamsbury in any house in which she was not thought fit to meet the other guests who habitually resorted there.
I did not dare to light my lamp before this creature, and as night drew on he decided on accepting some bread and Cyprus wine, and he was afterwards obliged to do as best he could with my mattress, which was now the common bed of all new-comers.
For two years he had lived on brown bread and dried apples, in order that he could save enough to buy a newspaper plant for the advocacy of reforms.
So he went to his place and fell asleep and slept long, while the women went down to acre and meadow, or saw to the baking of bread or the sewing of garments, or went far afield to tend the neat and the sheep.
Our great Washington found that out, and the British officer that beat Bonaparte, the bread they gave him turned sour afore he got half through the loaf.
The first is that the albuminoids which it contains are largely soluble, and this means that good light bread from germy flour is impossible.
There were anchovies and olives and tasteless Mediterranean fish with brown bread and a lobster and hard cheese, all washed down with Aleatico from Elba.
Seregil and Alec warmed themselves gratefully at the cheerful blaze on the hearth while their host shuffled about with practiced efficiency, setting out bread, soup, and boiled eggs for them at the scrubbed wooden table.
Gathering up the dishes, Alec carried them away and returned with a mug of water and a bit of bread.
She had eaten a slice of bread with a bit of honey for breakfast, but now the sun eased towards the horizon, and Amelle was hungry.
It was the same mixture of cheese, bread and bacon they had eaten on their first morning in Amicus, and it was even less appetizing this time around.
Monica, chicken and andouille gumbo, and bread pudding in whiskey sauce.
Jenna got back, Mac Ard was sitting at the table with a plate of boiled potatoes, mutton, and bread, and a mug of tea in front of him.
I have artichokes with Parmesan cheese, just a little bite of the excellent bread, a few sips of red wine, a plate of eggplant and peppers, and gigantic portions of rib steak, chicken, and lamb.
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Often, people are faced with challenges that affect their being. Some of the problems affect their mind. When it gets to worse, their whole life gets disoriented to appoint that they may feel like giving up. But this should not be the last option. For life to smile at you, you must smile at it. There are cases when people get diagnosed with serious conditions of having lost their memory. Some of these conditions are as a result of fatal accidents, fire or even chronic illnesses. Therapists must be consulted to assist such patients recover their health.
There are many types of therapy. The right treatment is recommended and given accordingly depending on the condition of a patient. Therapy is a term that encompasses a lot. Also, this article cannot discuss all types of therapy. Therefore, it is going to narrow down to discuss one type of therapy. And this will be talk therapy. To help you gain more insight, it will tackle how this form of therapy works to help patients recover from their various states.
Another term for talk therapy is psychotherapy. Talk therapy just from the name itself involves a conversation between a therapist and patient. It is geared towards treating two major conditions. The two conditions are depression and bipolar disorder. Since a therapist is a professional, you are assured of help at the end of all the sessions. They must erase all the symptoms once the process is done and they achieve this through taking you through a well-structured plan. It is crucial to note that talk therapy does not talk about challenges alone. Finding solutions is a must.
Talk therapy constitutes a few activities. The first one is that a patient must carry some homework. The assignment given must be worked out most honestly. Time limit to complete the assignment is between the last and the next appointment. It is upon the duty of a therapist to create a rapport between him/her and the patient and this should make a patient comfortable when responding to questions however personal. Two, patients may be told to write about what they think and feel. Regarding this, they are urged to get a diary where they should be writing their daily occurrences. This form of activity helps to track the recovery process, moods, and feelings.
The third task is asking patients to participate in social activities. Social activities are quite a number. Most cases, these social activities involve people. Many of them are done outside. They include running, playing football, singing, dancing, swimming, outdoor games, mind games among others. When people are depressed, they tend to stay alone. When left alone, they harm themselves. Engaging in social activities as recommended by therapists is a good way to heal. Talk therapy should be taken seriously and no session should be missed. | <urn:uuid:3c0c600c-3bfa-4557-b5e1-8664405beff8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://skillyshosting.info/2018/12/10-the-key-elements-of-great-wellness/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.973387 | 548 | 3 | 3 |
The inaugural RIO (Research in Imagery & Observation) newsletter is hot off the presses. The newsletter highlights research from several of the leading research groups in imagery and observation research, including an update from our lab related to our work on assessing imagery ability. You can check out the newsletter here.
Recruitment is now underway for PhD student Tony Ingram’s first project. Tony has developed a novel task to examine learning of complex motor tasks. This series of projects will use connectivity analysis of functional neuroimaging data to examine how different brain regions interact as we learn, as well as using non-invasive brain stimulation to investigate how learning can be modified. Good luck Tony!
Members of the lab travelled to Quebec City this past week to attend Canadian Stroke Congress. Highlights of the congress included in-depth discussion of recent clinical trials in stroke rehabilitation (the AVERT trial among others), debating the effectiveness of physical rehabilitation (of course its effective!), and emerging treatments to optimize rehabilitation including pharmacological interventions and brain stimulation.
Lab members Sarah Kraeutner and Hawazin Khan presented their work on screening for imagery ability and exercise effects on brain excitability. Overall a great congress, and wonderful to see such a strong contingent from Atlantic Canada! Next years Congress is in Calgary – looking forward to it already!
The lab’s work on expert imagery and brain activity was recently featured on CTV News ‘Live at 5 Housecalls’ segment. This work, led by PhD student Sarah Kraeutner, looks at how brain activity underlying motor imagery changes based on how familiar a person is with the task being imagined. For her study, Sarah recruits varsity athletes from Dalhousie’s mens and women’s basketball and volleyball teams. A big thanks to all the participants in the study. You can check out the CTV interview here.
Recruitment is underway for PhD student Sarah Kraeutner’s study on how brain activity differs between experts and novices when performing motor imagery. For this project, Sarah will scan the brains of varsity and novice athletes while they imagine common and sport-specific skills. Results of the study will tell us more about the role of familiarity and prior experience on imagery ability and brain activity.
PhD student Sarah Kraeutner along with Lab Director Shaun Boe have secured funding from the Brain Repair Centre to create an application for screening of motor imagery ability. The ‘app’, to be developed in partnership with Freshworks Studio, will allow for rapid and objective screening of MI ability on iOS (Apple) and Android based tablets and smartphones. Stay tuned for the launch of a prototype!
Sarah’s recent article related to motor imagery and learning has been featured in PeePs–Particularly Exciting Experiments in Psychology— an online review of the American Psychological Association.
This research study shows that learning a new motor skill simply by imagining it can be as effective as actually practising it. Knowing more about how motor imagery helps us acquire new skills is important for people who can’t physically practice, such as injured athletes or people who have lost the ability to move following a stroke. Read the review here.
Lab Director Shaun Boe, along with Tim Bardouille and Matt MacLellan from BIOTIC, have received $40K to support the commercial development of an EEG-based headset for providing neurofeedback during motor imagery. The feedback provided through the headset will guide patients while performing motor imagery, improving the effectiveness of imagery in rehabilitation with the goal of leading to better recovery. This Early Stage Commercialization Funding (ESCF) is through Innovacorp, Nova Scotia’s early stage venture capital organization.
New work from the lab shows that inhibitory brain stimulation – stimulation that temporarily turns down activity in parts of the brain – can prevent learning. The work, recently accepted for publication in Experimental Brain Research, was part of lab member Sarah Kraeutner’s MSc thesis. Sarah shows that when a person uses motor imagery to learn a new task, but activity in the parietal cortex is inhibited, they’re unable to learn. The work provides good information about how learning through motor imagery occurs, as well as identifying people who might not be able to use imagery for learning.
Target sites for inhibitory brain stimulation using rTMS.
Research from the Laboratory was recently featured as part of a campus-wide campaign called ‘Know your Dal’. Lab Director Shaun Boe did a pop-up lecture for members of the University community, highlighting work in the lab focusing on learning and rehabilitation after neurological injury, and the role of technology such as brain computer interface (BCI) for aiding learning. | <urn:uuid:e55a3a0e-c356-47a4-9050-3aead5ba36ad> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://boelab.com/category/research-2/page/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.945884 | 971 | 1.578125 | 2 |
It can be scary and stressful not to feel well—especially if you don't know the cause. Something as simple as checking for a fever can provide you with confirmation that you are experiencing a health issue that needs to be addressed. Blood work and other tests can help us assess your health with hard, empirical data. Stool testing is one of the most important ways to learn about what is happening in your body. It allows you to put aside your worry, identify your specific health problem, and begin appropriate treatment. Serenity Health Care Center in Waukesha, WI, offers stool testing to ensure your optimal health.
6 Signs You Should Get Stool Testing
Unfortunately, many people decide to let minor health problems linger rather than approach a doctor for help in identifying and resolving the issue. Many people are under the mistaken impression that they have to live with certain uncomfortable symptoms, when the reality is that convenient and affordable treatments might help them feel younger, stronger, and better. Our professional mission is to put you on a path to a quick recovery, and we take pride in treating our patients like family.
Stool testing allows us to get an accurate picture of your entire gastrointestinal health. The testing provides critical information about the good and bad bacteria living in your body. Testing also allows experts to see immune markers and signs of inflammation. Your gastrointestinal system is the number one cause of systemic illness. Here are some indicators that stool testing might provide us with critical information to put you on the path to a happier, healthier life:
1. Frequent Diarrhea
If you have frequent diarrhea that exists for longer than can be expected for seasonal illness, you should consult with us about testing. Diarrhea is embarrassing and uncomfortable, and it also could be a sign of serious health issues. Nobody likes to live with the sensation of not being able to enjoy themselves because they constantly have to be on the lookout for a bathroom. Frequent diarrhea can leave you dehydrated, nauseated, and fearful of participating in social gatherings.
There are many health concerns that can contribute to frequent diarrhea, and it's important to get on a treatment plan as quickly as possible. We can suggest anything from a dietary change to medication, and the results can be life-changing. You'll be amazed at how much better you feel and how your personal relationships improve when you get on the path to overall wellness. Imagine never having to worry about your proximity to a bathroom and feeling free to embrace the precious time you have with family and friends.
2. Mucus or Blood in Your Stool
With mucus or blood in your stool, you should come in and see us immediately. Mucus or blood can be a sign of infections, anal fissures, bowel obstructions, or other causes. Also, keep in mind that there might be microscopic blood or mucus particles that are not visible to the naked eye. The earlier we can identify and treat these potentially serious issues, the sooner you can get back to living your life.
3. Nausea or Vomiting
Persistent nausea and vomiting can be a sign of gastrointestinal issues, which might reveal a cause in your stool. The human body is a very complex organism, and sometimes the symptoms of an underlying issue manifest in a different part of the body. We often think of nausea and vomiting as symptoms of something that we ate, but the problem could have its roots in your gastronomic tract.
Infections caused by parasites, viruses, and bacteria often result in nausea and vomiting. Nausea and vomiting are similar to frequent diarrhea in that they are detrimental to your ability to live a normal life. Patients who suffer from these symptoms are often incapable of enjoying precious social gatherings for fear that they will be overcome by their illness. If you have had persistent nausea and vomiting, you should come in for treatment immediately.
4. Abdominal Pain
Stool tests are often used in concert with other diagnostic tests to form a complete picture of what is going on inside you. X-rays can offer us an insight or indicate the presence of dangerous obstructions or foreign objects which might be causing you discomfort or pain. Testing your stool can provide a report that can maximize the effectiveness of other tests. Sometimes we can gather information that can guide us as to where to look. The more information that we have about the inner workings of your body, the better equipped we are to put you on the path to recovery.
5. General Fatigue
Consider a situation where you strictly adhere to a healthy diet, but you continue to feel an overall sense of fatigue. This can be an enormously frustrating situation because it makes many clients feel powerless over their ability to improve their own health. A stool test can indicate whether your body might be blocked from absorbing healthy nutrients, and we can resolve the issue and restore your sense of self-control.
Many individuals succumb to a sense of despair in this situation, or they resolve to live with uncomfortable and unhealthy issues. It is easy to understand this inclination because it is very frustrating to brainstorm and apply methods for improving your health and not see results. Through a clinical evaluation of a stool sample, we have a great capacity for diagnosing and correcting a wide variety of issues. You can almost think of it as a tune-up for your whole body.
6. Headaches and Fevers
Headaches and fevers are two of the body's primary warning signs that something is amiss. Unfortunately, these symptoms are as vague as a ringing alarm bell. One of the best things you can do for your personal wellness is to take it seriously when you have a headache or a fever. With the demands of work and family, we are all under enormous pressure to push through a minor illness and continue with our daily obligations. However, if you are in the early stages of a serious health issue, the sooner you receive treatment, the better off you'll be in the long run.
Everyone is different, and some people might not even recognize that they are suffering from a fever. The next time you find yourself suffering from a headache, don't just take a couple of Ibuprofen and try to push through the rest of the day. Take a second and check your temperature. It could be that you are suffering from a gastrointestinal ailment that is manifesting other symptoms you've just learned to live with. Come in, and we can help you get on the path to a healthier life.
Take Care of Yourself
If the check engine light came on in your car, you'd probably take that vehicle into the mechanic, right? Why is it that when the check engine light comes on in your body, you're tempted to push through and act as if nothing is wrong? You're worth more than that, and there's no reason to learn to live with pain, illness, or intestinal discomfort. Contact Serenity Health Care Center in Waukesha, WI today, where we offer sensitive and specific stool testing, which can provide us with critical insight into your overall health. | <urn:uuid:50edc4b9-6db0-4f27-87de-3574c0e6e99a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.serenityhealthcarecenter.com/6-signs-you-should-get-stool-testing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.959073 | 1,431 | 2.015625 | 2 |
All across the world, workers held protest marches and rallies on May 1, 2022, the day which marks the unity of the international proletariat in struggle for their rights, against capitalism and the rule of the bourgeoisie. Clashes with armed police took place in some countries, including Turkey.
Through banners, posters and militant slogans, workers expressed their anger at the growing unemployment and soaring prices of essential commodities. They denounced the increasing domination of monopoly capitalist corporations over all spheres of the economy and the cutbacks in social services. They condemned the suppression of mass protest under various pretexts, including the pretext of fighting the covid virus. They raised their voices against militarisation and imperialist wars, and against racism, communalism and all forms of discrimination and oppression. They expressed their solidarity with workers of all other countries, in their struggle against capitalist exploitation, imperialist domination, national oppression and war.
In India, thousands of protest demonstrations, rallies and celebrations were organised in different parts of the country this year. Workers participated in joint actions in which all unions participated, rising above differences in party and federation affiliation. Participants in the May Day actions included workers of Indian Railways, road transport corporations, shipping, port and docks, state electricity boards, banks, insurance companies, auto industry, textile and garment industries, defence manufacturing units, hospitals, public health schemes, universities, colleges and schools.
Spokespersons of workers’ organisations condemned the blatant sell-out of precious public assets to private companies, Indian and foreign, under the banner of privatisation, disinvestment and public-private partnership. They denounced the four Labour Codes which have been enacted to deprive workers of their rights and facilitate further intensification of their exploitation. They demanded an end to the widespread practice of hiring on short-term contracts with no recognition of workers’ rights. They condemned the state-organised communal violence being unleashed in different parts of the country and warned the workers to remain vigilant and defend their fighting unity as one class.
In New Delhi, workers of all major trade unions and federations participated in a joint May Day march through the crowded streets of the Old City, starting from Ram Lila Maidan and concluding with a public meeting at the Town Hall. The march was enthusiastically greeted by the people living in Old Delhi. The march and rally were jointly organised by All-India Trade Union Centre (AITUC), Mazdoor Ekta Committee (MEC), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), All-India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), All-India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), United Trade Union Congress (UTUC), Indian Council of Trade Unions (ICTU), Trade Union Coordination Centre (TUCC), Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) and Labour Progressive Federation (LPF).
Kisan unions extended their wholehearted support to the May Day actions of the workers this year.
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SeaWorld Announces Partnership with Miral to Develop SeaWorld Abu DhabiAugust 17, 2016
SeaWorld is heading to the middle east, in partnership with Miral, to create a next-generation marine life themed park experience, as well as the UAE’s first Marine Life Research, Rescue, Rehabilitation and Return Center by 2022!
We announced our partnership with Miral in 2016 to develop SeaWorld Abu Dhabi on Yas Island. As part of our commitment to being the world's largest marine animal rescue organization, SeaWorld Abu Dhabi will also include the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first dedicated marine life research, rescue, rehabilitation and return center with world-class facilities and resources for the care and conservation of local marine life.
SeaWorld Abu Dhabi will be the first new SeaWorld park without orcas, and will integrate up-close animal experiences, mega attractions and a world-class aquarium, bringing the latest technology in visitor engagement.
The partnership brings together Miral’s expertise in developing Yas Island’s portfolio of destinations with SeaWorld’s 50-plus years of theme park, veterinary medicine, marine science and zoological practice and experience.
“Abu Dhabi is becoming a first choice destination for regional and global travelers by combining culture, heritage and unique leisure experiences into one compelling proposition. SeaWorld Abu Dhabi further strengthens Yas Island’s position as the global tourism destination,” said His Excellency Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, Chairman of Miral.
“This announcement reflects the emirate’s ambition to create a sustainable, diversified economy, with tourism as one of its core pillars. Abu Dhabi continues to build sustainable partnerships that deliver on its strategic 2030 Vision, to transform and pioneer new destinations that are recognized for world class quality, authenticity and innovation on every level.”
Joel Manby, President and Chief Executive Officer of SeaWorld said: “We are excited to announce our first international expansion and our partnership with Miral as we design a next generation SeaWorld that engages, educates and inspires, a blueprint brought to life in Abu Dhabi. This new park, combined with a dedicated research, rescue, rehabilitation and return facility focused on marine life care and conservation, continues SeaWorld’s legacy of marine life rescue that spans more than 50 years. This project presents an opportunity for collaboration and greater understanding of how species have adapted to the region’s unique marine environment, and to inspire the next generation of visitors, conservationists and animal care experts.”
SeaWorld Abu Dhabi’s research, rescue, rehabilitation and return center on Yas Island will be the first of its kind in the country, providing a state-of-the-art environment for local and global researchers, scientists and marine conservationists to assist them to better understand and learn from the region’s marine life habitats and conditions. Planned to open ahead of the marine life themed park, the facility will provide an important resource for UAE nationals and residents looking to develop or enhance expertise in marine life sciences and will serve as a hub for collaboration with local and international environmental organizations and projects.
Mohamed Al Zaabi, CEO of Miral said: “SeaWorld Abu Dhabi is a unique project for the region which complements our portfolio of attractions and enriches Yas Island as the most exciting destination for our visitors. As Abu Dhabi’s developer of unique and exciting destinations, the opportunity to design a next generation marine life themed park in partnership with SeaWorld is bold and ambitious. Miral will continue to develop and create leading destinations on Yas Island that offer unique, immersive and exciting experiences for everyone.”
The addition of SeaWorld Abu Dhabi expands Miral’s destination portfolio on Yas Island, which is set to double visitor numbers to 48 million by 2022. The growth plans are part of Abu Dhabi’s vision to establish the emirate as a global tourism hub with unique attractions and world-class tourism infrastructure.
SeaWorld Abu Dhabi is set to open by 2022, and will complement Miral’s Yas Island destination portfolio of four themed parks, which includes Ferrari World Abu Dhabi, Yas Waterworld, and opening in 2018 the recently announced Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi and Clymb. Yas Island also offers a wide range of sporting and entertainment experiences that include Yas Marina Circuit, seven hotels, year round calendar of events, a live performance and concert arena, an 18-hole championship golf course, a marina, a beach and the increasingly popular shopping destination, Yas Mall.
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By Larry Peterson
Defender of the Seal of Confession; Father Fernando Olmedo Reguera
On July 1, 2019, The Vatican issued the Note of the Apostolic Penitentiary (a tribunal in the Roman Curia that deals with mercy and forgiveness) about the inviolability of the Sacramental Seal aka the Seal of Confession.
A Sacrament is of God—not man. “the sacramental seal is inviolable; therefore, it is a crime for a confessor in any way to betray a penitent by word or in any other manner or for any reason.” CCC 2490
No human power has jurisdiction over the Seal of the Confessional
Fernando Olmeda Reguera was born in Santiago de Compostela (which is in the northwestern part of Spain) on January 10, 1873. Following his religious calling, he joined the Capuchin Order of Friars Minor and was ordained to the priesthood on July 31, 1904.
When the Spanish Civil War began on July 17, 1936, Father Reguera was serving as the provincial secretary for the Capuchin Order. As were many priests and religious, he was forced to go into hiding. He moved among different friends’ homes and tried his best to stay “under the radar.” He also carried on his priestly ministry as discreetly as possible. However, he was seen and apprehended during the first week of August 1936, when the Civil War was three weeks old.
The soldiers took Father Reguera to an old fortress outside of Madrid. The jails cells at the fort were filled with Catholic religious and laypersons alike. Father Reguera’s initial admission to the jail included a severe beating from the soldiers. It would not be his first.
Father Reguera was permitted to hear the cofessions of the condemned
Father was permitted to hear the confessions of the other prisoners, especially the ones who were about to be executed. He gladly heard the confessions. Ironically, since he was 63 years old, many of the others imprisoned with him were much younger. So, besides being a priest, he presented a paternal quality that proved to be of extra comfort to the doomed prisoners. It may have been a small blessing, but it was still a blessing.
The Commandant demanded that Father Reguera reveal what he had been told. He refused
Father Reguera quickly discovered that his captors wanted much more from him. He was brought into the commandant’s office and told he would have to write down all that he had heard in the confessional. The commandant told him his only other option was death. He adamantly refused and was severely beaten again. They gave him some time and asked him again to cooperate. He refused, and they beat him —again.
He was beaten and sentenced to death
They finally realized that Father Fernando Olmeda Reguera would never break his vow to protect the Seal of Confession and was of no more use to them. A makeshift populist tribunal condemned father to death. His crime—”not revealing the secrets other prisoners had told him in confession.” He was taken outside the fort and executed by firing squad. The date was August 12, 1936.
Pope Francis beatified Father Fernando in Tarragona on October 13, 2013 His remains are entombed in the Basilica of Jesus of Medinaceli in Madrid.
Blessed Fernando Olmeda Reguera, please pray for us.
These are the words of Pope Francis as quoted in the Apostolic Penitentiary:
“Reconciliation itself is a good that the wisdom of the Church has always safeguarded with all its moral and juridical strength with the sacramental seal. It, although not always understood by the modern mentality, is indispensable for the sanctity of the sacrament and for the penitent’s freedom of conscience; which must be certain, at any time, that the sacramental conversation will remain in the secret of confession, between one’s own conscience that opens to the grace of God, and the necessary mediation of the priest. The sacramental seal is indispensable and no human power has jurisdiction, nor can it claim it, on it.”
From St. Padre Pio:
“Confession is the soul’s bath. You must go at least once a week. I do not want souls to stay away from confession more than a week. Even a clean and unoccupied room gathers dust; return after a week and you will see that it needs dusting again!”
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Let The Pillars Of Health Guide You
Thinking - the first pillar to health or really everything we do in life is how we think.
James Allen says it best, "A man is literally what he thinks."
You see there are several things that you will have to change, take care of, adjust and get used to in your life when you decide to move toward a healthier lifestyle.
This is where the first pillar comes in when learning how to eat in more life-affirming ways for example. You will need to take a moment to realize how you eat, and how that is going to impact all the areas of your lifestyle.
I read somewhere that you may want to take a moment to grieve for all the foods that will no longer be included in how you eat. Yet as you grieve for the loss of what you think you are losing also realize there is an opportunity to be grateful!
Now you can begin to heal, feel better and simply get on with living because you will now be moving toward a healthier and more vibrant future. At least this is how I have experienced.
Breathing - now is the time to breathe in new life for you.
Take time to breath, (in through the nostrils for the count of 4, hold for the count of 4, and release through pursed lips for the count of 8)
This can be a stressful time making the changes and breathing will help you connect with this moment. Realize in this moment you are moving forward to a new life with new opportunities for health and wellbeing. Enjoy this as you learn how to eat well and feel well!
Hydration - today so many people are dehydrated. It is important to drink 1/2 your bodyweight in ounces of water daily. Water for me is clear, colorless, odorless and tasteless. I hear a lot that the reason water is not the drink of choice is because people don't like the taste.
If you use the definition provided there will be no taste.
The easiest way to begin enough drinking water daily it to have 1 glass on getting up in the morning, 1 with each meal and snack, that would be 5 glasses of water, 2 with exercise and finally 1 before bed. (That could be an hour before)
Now here is what you will want to consider. If you drink no water today, my suggestion is to start a bit more slowly adding water because you will go to the washroom more. The benefit on drinking enough water for hydration is many people mistake thirst for hunger. Therefore, they are eating when really they are thirsty. If you feel hungry drink a glass of water and wait 20 minutes. If you are still hungry then go ahead and eat.
Nutrition - How much thought are you putting into your eating practice? Have you made the decision to eat life-affirming organic real food?
Most don’t put much in and then wonder why they are not getting good results. Eating REAL FOOD, organic is best, local is a good choice.
Home-cooking is a way to know for sure that the ingredients in your foods are the best quality for you and your family for each and every meal and snack.
Eliminate SUGAR & ALL GRAINS is the easiest place to start.
Dr. Tom O’Bryan states that “No human can digest gluten.”
Exercise - is as simple as moving! Get off the couch and move.
Go for a walk, do something fun, bodyweight exercise, kettlebells, skipping, go for a bike ride or even sprinting are all exceptional ways to exercise.
The most important point is to find an activity you really enjoy and do that activity often. It is really important to exercise and including it in your day is simply important for good health.
Sleep - the forgotten health benefit. In today's world of fast pace, 24 hours of lights, never any real darkness in the city sleep is simply not taken as an important factor for health.
I listened to an interview with Robb Wolfe and he said if people just got more sleep so many of the health problems today would disappear.
We must get more sleep. We need more sleep because this is when the body repairs. Get to sleep by 10:30 pm. Wind down prior to this time.
Physical Repair is between 10:00 pm and 2am. After 2am the immune/repair energies are more focused on mental repair, which lasts until we awaken.
So, there you have it. The Six Pillars of Health.
Begin with your thinking, begin to see what you are grateful for and live in that moment. Move on to breath in the moment, easily and effortlessly. Stay hydrated. Eat Well. Exercise! And get a great nights sleep.
As you begin your journey start with one of these pillars.
When I began my path to feeling better and reducing my weight I began with drinking water (Hydration) because I felt this was something that I could do every day and see my success.
It is important to see you are moving toward your desired outcome.
This is the WHY.
Once you feel you have that pillar under control move on to the next.
Take the journey is small steps that you can do, succeed, and feel good about what you are doing and then do it again with the next pillar of health.
Share in the comment section which pillar you will begin working on starting today. I look forward to hearing from you.
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